I think it was 1941-2003. From 1992-2003 it was precarious as to which way we would go. We would sometimes shine, and then sometimes fail badly. Even when the nation had rough spots during that entire 60 years, there was always enough of the good America left where it easily swamped the rot.
Now? It feels like rot everywhere, and I do mean everywhere.
9-11 and the weeks after was the last of that good America that we were capable of.
ENDED: January 22, 1973. Decided: Roe v. Wade