 | William John Bennett - 1997 - 440 strani
...solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations...End of this 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... | |
 | Lynn Hudson Parsons - 1999 - 310 strani
...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...End of this continent to the other, from this Time forward forever more." By the summer ot 1776 nine-year-old John Quincy Adams was making his contribution... | |
 | Patrick Sauer - 2000 - 454 strani
...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...end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore" (and firecracker wholesalers have been grateful ever since). John Adams: The... | |
 | Walter A. Hazen - 2000 - 102 strani
...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 strani
...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...end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore. Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence, knowing full well that... | |
 | Jürgen Heideking, Geneviève Fabre, Kai Dreisbach - 2001 - 324 strani
...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...end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forever. 1 During the following years of war and economic crisis, however, Americans did not... | |
 | Joseph J Ellis - 2001 - 290 strani
...Generations, as the great anniversary Festival," and would be "solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations...End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."1 Characteristically, his prophetic powers had gotten the story correct with... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 900 strani
...God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with 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 for ever more." declaration, except Pennsylvania and Delaware ; four of the seven delegates... | |
 | 1900 - 674 strani
...devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be 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 for evermore. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not.... | |
 | Samuel B. Griffith - 2002 - 780 strani
...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...end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.11 On July 4 the Declaration of Independence was adopted, authenticated, and ordered... | |
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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,... 
