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 J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - 868 pages
...3, 1776, recorded John Adams' proclamation: 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 forevermore.138 On July 3, 1776, the day after Congress approved the wording of the Declaration of... | |
| John W. Gardner, Francesca Gardner Reese - 1996 - 278 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... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 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... | |
| William John Bennett - 1997 - 440 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 and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and... | |
| Lynn Hudson Parsons - 1999 - 310 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 and Parade, with Shows, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1885 - 502 pages
...duration was made, Mr. Adams, in writing to a friend, declared the event to be one which ' ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.'" — Wvrkst, vol. ip loft. It is needless to add that Adams's letter was written one dny before the... | |
| Joseph Bernardin - 2000 - 712 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... | |
| David McCullough - 2001 - 883 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... | |
| 1900 - 674 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, bells, bonfires and illuminations... | |
| Jürgen Heideking, Geneviève Fabre, Kai Dreisbach - 2001 - 324 pages
...Day 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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