 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 480 ページ
...of the world. They have more than fulfilled the prediction of John Adams, who believed that it would be solemnized "with pomp and parade, with shows, games,...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forth for evermore." Unhappily, they have too often forgotten,... | |
 | Christopher James Riethmüller - 1864 - 504 ページ
...of the world. They have more than fulfilled the prediction of John Adams, who believed that it would be solemnized "with pomp and parade, with shows, games,...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forth for evermore." Unhappily, they have too often forgotten,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 ページ
...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...the continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore. Yon will think me transported with enthusiasm ; but I am not. I am well aware of the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 ページ
...celebrated by succeeding generations a* the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, a^ the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion...solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, s¡K>rts, guns, belb, bonfires, end illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from... | |
 | Jeremiah Lewis Diman - 1866 - 674 ページ
...and stated that " it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival ; commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty ; solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations,... | |
 | 1867 - 1052 ページ
...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...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore. You will think me transported with... | |
 | Joseph Bernardin - 2000 - 712 ページ
...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...to the other, from this time forward forevermore! Thus it has been that for 211 years we have been celebrating Independence Day with the enthusiasm which... | |
 | Patrick Sauer - 2000 - 454 ページ
...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...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore" (and firecracker wholesalers have... | |
 | John E. Ferling - 2002 - 430 ページ
...commemorated annually "as the Day of Deliverance," a day to be "solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations...the Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."114 The next day, and the day after, July 3 and 4, Congress debated the draft of the... | |
 | Jürgen Heideking, Geneviève Fabre, Kai Dreisbach - 2001 - 326 ページ
...Independence Day will he celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forever.1 During the following years of war and... | |
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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,... 
