My 4th Grade teacher took us on a class trip to see the original Broadway show. First, he had us do about a month of research on the Founding Fathers and the Continental Congress. That was a brilliant touch, and made watching the play an even more fantastic experience than it would have been anyway.

Yes, "The Lees of Old Virginia" was one of the more memorable musical numbers...

Struck me dino as way significant enough to mention it here on the Fourth Of July

On the other hand, the British Empire continued, the final decay started much later. In 1776 the loss of the American colonies was seen as of little significance, at least to those without crystal balls.
Old England was fortunate in the way that the lost colonies developed leading not to enmity but friendship and assistance.. .

The decay that set-in from the 19 sixties/seventies appears to be terminal. The nation that once exported people to the advantage of the rest of the planet, started to import people. Many of these were good, some were ok, just one category proved deadly.
Is there any scenario with a good ending that does not involve bloodshed and civil war?

Whoa! Perhaps he also grew up there. Perhaps not.
Could you please name that town?