 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 Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 524 pages
...apt to believe 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 pomps, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...apt to believe 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. 4. " It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, games. sports, guns, bells, bonfires,... | |
 | William Heath Bennet - 1867 - 304 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, bells, bonfires... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 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. Letter to Mrs. Adams, July 3, 1 776. 1 Qui desiderat paccm prxparet helium. Vegetius, Ret Mil. 3. Prolog.... | |
 | Patrick Sauer - 2000 - 454 pages
...pronounced themselves free of British rule. He wrote his beloved Abigail from Philadelphia that the event "ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with...this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore" (and firecracker wholesalers have been grateful ever since). John Adams: The European... | |
 | Walter A. Hazen - 2000 - 102 pages
...Declaration of Independence would thereafter be celebrated each year with "shows, games, sports, balls, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other." How right John Adams was that historic day in 1776. Signing the Declaration of lndependence in 776.... | |
 | Diana Rosen - 2001 - 212 pages
....... The second day of July, i 776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America .... It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance,...to the other, from this time forward for evermore. Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence, knowing full well that they were risking their... | |
 | Jürgen Heideking, Geneviève Fabre, Kai Dreisbach - 2001 - 326 pages
...Independence Day will he celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance,...this continent to the other, from this time forward, forever.1 During the following years of war and economic crisis, however, Americans did not find many... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 900 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,...pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, hells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward... | |
 | 1900 - 674 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...solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other, and from this time forward... | |
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