 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
 | Randall Norman Desoto - 2007 - 266 pages
...to believe 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... | |
 | Christopher Collins - 2010 - 300 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 the Continent to the... | |
 | Michael Warren - 2007 - 235 pages
...from this time forward, forever more." What is missing today was Adams' conjoined expectation that "It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance,...devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized. . . ." We have the hamburgers and parades, but any solemnization is trite. Likewise, Presidents' Day... | |
 | Myra Kornfeld - 2007 - 289 pages
...believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary celebration ... It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forever more." Adams's statement rang true. Ever since 1777,... | |
 | Lynn Kuntz - 2009 - 86 pages
...In a letter to his wife, Adams wrote that the decision for independence "ought to be celebrated by pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns,...illuminations from one end of this continent to the other" He hoped it "would become the great anniversary festival" for all Americans. And it is! PATRIOTIC PICNICS... | |
 | David Armitage - 2007 - 332 pages
...memorable Epocha, in the History of America" and "ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance . . . from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."'1 Posterity would judge that Adams had chosen not only the wrong day but also the wrong... | |
 | Christian G. Fritz - 2007
...war-whoops" and "a big bonfire." John Adams wanted the Declaration to be properly "solemnized," including "Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other." In the wake of the Fourth of July, city dwellers in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston did indeed celebrate... | |
 | Timothy Rasinski, Lorraine Griffith - 2008 - 131 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, by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells,... | |
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