 The second * day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha 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,...  Self Culture - Page 4341895Full view - About this book
 | William Heath Bennet - 1867 - 304 pages
...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... | |
 | William Heath Bennet - 1867 - 302 pages
...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 Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 510 pages
...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... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 pages
...their own act. " But the day is past. The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America ; to be celebrated by succeeding...the continent to the other, from this time forward forever more. " You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...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... | |
 | 1910 - 1076 pages
...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, shows, »* -. , - - . ^ —_ -,r ,^ ^— _ • »—•*_ > *•... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1871 - 508 pages
...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... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - 1872 - 676 pages
...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."2 Colonel Haslett wrote: "I congratulate you on the important day which restores to every... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1873 - 522 pages
...unfashionable as the faith may be, I firmly believe. The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America; to be celebrated...the continent to the other, from this time forward forever more. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 214 pages
...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... | |
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