2020
Happy 4th of July!
mjt / 0 Comments /In a letter to Abigail Adams, written just after the Continental Congress had voted for independence (which it did on July 2nd), John Adams wrote:
“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 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 Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”
While it may be a little more difficult to do so this year during the COVID-19 Pandemic, we hope everyone takes some time to heed John Adams’s advice and celebrate responsibly with family and friends.
