A portion of John Adams July 3, 1776 letter to his wife, in which
he discusses his vision for America's Independence Day.
Posted on 07/03/2019 6:38:03 PM PDT by Perseverando
(CNSNews.com) - Americans declared their independence from Britain on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams called "the most memorable epocha in the history of America.”
A portion of John Adams July 3, 1776 letter to his wife, in which
he discusses his vision for America's Independence Day.
Congress approved the Declaration two days later, on July 4, which we now celebrate as Independence Day.
Writing to his wife on July 3, 1776 from Philadelphia, John Adams said he believed the occasion would be "celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival."
He described how he believed Americans should mark the day:
It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.
You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. -- I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. -- Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.
The declaration was not printed the same day. It should be July 2, 1776 @ 2 PM.
Not according to the New York Times:
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4 and immediately printed (with the names only of John Hancock and Charles Thomson). The engrossed parchment copy was prepared some days later and signed by most of the delegates on August 2, 1776 (but a few signed later). The last of the Signers (that is, the last to die), Charles Carroll of Carrollton, was only chosen as a delegate on July 4 and did not get there until a couple of weeks later.
They would have certainly despised this.....
My favorite part of the movie.
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Actually I do have a problem with much of this, and I am a HUGE fan of George Washington. Never a greater man.
Of course, while many revolutionaries took GW’s lead and eschewed too much attention to themselves or too much build-up on military, many did want much pageantry and not all could resist glory upon themselves.
Thank God we had GW to start, and thank God so many people rightly revered him and followed his example.
I guess Kenyan columns wouldn’t have worked for barky.
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