But there is another, national narrative here, too.

The national narrative is set against a stunning stage.

They have simply dropped out of this national narrative.

The affair seems to me a kind of parenthesis in the national narrative.

These events, well documented at the time but dropped from the national narrative since the mid-19th century, provide fuller context for the outbreak of war.

The Alnajjars are living out the national narrative of immigrants' embracing American life.

They see the bicentennial as a chance to find a bigger, and more accurate, niche in the national narrative.

But the separate national narratives are very well handled.

These projects have linked national historical narratives, and prepared tools and materials to structure history programs.

Indeed, the decade since the attacks has destroyed the very possibility of a common national narrative in this country.