“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. 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 shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.”
John Adams, United States President, Founding Father, and a guy who really should know how to celebrate such a monumental day…
John Adams, United States President, Founding Father, and a guy who really should know how to celebrate such a monumental day…
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