The Legacy of Garry Davis On this Fourth of July, when 89% of Americans express pride and satisfaction with their country and its institutions, and are praising the blessings of liberty while listening to patriotic music and watching joyous fireworks, we might reflect on the case of Garry Davis, who, at the age of 26 in May 1948, flushed with youthful idealism, renounced his US citizenship and became a self-proclaimed Citizen of the World. He declared that nationalism had been "rendered obsolete by actual world conditions" and needed to be supplanted by a world government that would guarantee world peace....
