We must remember that today we celebrate that we are the people of the states united by the common body of fundamental principles and first of all we are each of us free and independent, that 239 years ago our ancestors engendered a new nation, not a new government, and that when you close your eyes and imagine the United States, you should first see the faces of the individuals in it and not the government lording over it. But not everyone had the same opinion of the timeline of that history.
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July 4, 1776, was significant because it was the day the Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration.
Our first vice president and second president, John Adams, had a vision of what Independence Day in America might look like. 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 illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more”.
Out of a document encompassing more than 1,300 words, it’s doubtful anyone can repeat a single sentence exactly – even though the 1776 call to action is the reason everyone has gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July. Just not the date.
When asked, “What country did we declare our independence from”, one woman declared, “California”. They recognized that our “unalienable rights” – “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” – came from God, who created all men equal.
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“May it be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all), the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings and security of self-government”.
“That was the date Thomas Jefferson finished his draft of the Declaration of Independence?” Today, the term “John Hancock” has become synonymous with a person’s signature. Despite all, however, the Republic still stands strong, and whatever its shortcomings, they can be overcome by good and honest leadership with unabashed faith in America, for it remains true, as Lincoln said at Gettysburg when civil war had torn the country apart: “We shall either nobly save, or meanly lose, the last great hope of mankind”.
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“The National Center for Constitutional Studies says that America has become “a place of liberty and opportunity for countless millions of people from all over the world” because of the ideas envisioned by our founders”. The people who heard it got so excited they tore down a statue of King George III and the metal was used to make musket balls for rifles.
