[yesthatjallen]

John Adams Wanted Independence Day Celebrated With 'Devotion to God...Pomp and Parade...Guns, Bells, Bonfires'

Not according to the New York Times:

George Washington Would Hate Trump’s July 4 Parade. The men and women who fought in the American Revolution despised pageantry and personality cults

[Verginius Rufus]

Why is The New York Times invoking George Washington? Don't they realize that he was a slave owner?

[BenLurkin]

"despised pageantry and personality cults"

They would have certainly despised this.....

[the OlLine Rebel]

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.