 The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. 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,...  The Works of Daniel Webster... - Page 148by Daniel Webster - 1881Full view - About this book
 | John Adams - 2004 - 580 pages
...believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance...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... | |
 | Stephen J. Spignesi - 2004 - 292 pages
...believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance...ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bell, Bonfires, and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the... | |
 | Carol H. Behrman - 2003 - 130 pages
...bold declaration would be marked by later generations each year, celebrated with "pomp and parades, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and...illuminations from one end of this continent to the other." In cities and villages throughout the colonies, people gathered to hear the news. Abigail Adams stood... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 pages
...Bowen, "This is our day of deliverance. With solemn acts of devotion to God we ought to commemorate it. With pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns,...bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of the continent to the other from this time forward forevermore..."180 But, before that could happen,... | |
 | William F. Jr Cox - 2004 - 558 pages
...the Declaration of Independence was passed by Congress on July 2, he wrote to his wife that the day "ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty." (p. 87) Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom, authored in 1779 but not passed by the... | |
 | Lisa Frederiksen Bohannon - 2004 - 96 pages
...2 "ought to be celebrated, as the day of deliverance [freedom]. ... It ought to be ... [celebrated] with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and . . . [fireworks], from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, evermore."... | |
 | John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams - 2005 - 505 pages
...believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance,...to the other, from this time forward, for evermore. " You will think roe transported with enthusiasm, but 1 am not. I ain well aware of the toil, and blood,... | |
 | Bev Young - 2005 - 172 pages
...adopting the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. JOHN ADAMS WROTE ABOUT INDEPENDENCE DAY: "h ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with...to the other, from this time forward for evermore. " President Coolidge is the only President to be born on Independence Day— July 4, 1872. The Fourth... | |
 | David W. Hall - 2005 - 512 pages
...notes that, upon the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Adams suggested that the day "ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance,...Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the... | |
 | Marguerite Parker - 2006 - 93 pages
...believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great Anniversary festival. It ought to be Commemorated as the day of deliverance,...to the other, from this time Forward for evermore." End quote. Centuries have past, but let us never forget; The sacrifices made, this freedom to get;... | |
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