Article Photos: AP Essay: In divided era, what does July 4th mean?



  FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2011 file photo, a protester with the Occupy Wall Street movement, draped with a U.S. flag, stands outside City Hall in Philadelphia. In an era when everything from health care policy to immigration divides us more than it unites us, when the Internet allows us to tear apart our fellow Americans' virtual throats from the comfort of our keyboards, what does a holiday like Independence Day mean? (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2011 file photo, a protester with the Occupy Wall Street movement, draped with a U.S. flag, stands outside City Hall in Philadelphia. In an era when everything from health care policy to immigration divides us more than it unites us, when the Internet allows us to tear apart our fellow Americans' virtual throats from the comfort of our keyboards, what does a holiday like Independence Day mean? (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)