 | Peter Charles Hoffer - 2005 - 348 頁
...Republican Etiquette After independence had been voted in Congress, John Adams wrote that 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 more."219 But the profusion of patriotic... | |
 | Carl Edward Skeen - 2003 - 340 頁
...excerpts from John Adams's letter to his wife, Abigail, that the anniversary of independence "ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other."1 Each year, Americans followed Adams's advice. Whether it was celebrated... | |
 | Forrest Church - 2003 - 196 頁
...anniversary of American Independence would be celebrated as a "day of deliverance" with "pomp and parades, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires,...to the other, from this time forward forevermore." He was right. The Fourth of July became an American "holy day" almost immediately, with the first celebration... | |
 | David Pepper, Frank Webster, George Revill - 2003 - 612 頁
...declared America's independence. He felt that the event "ought to be solemnized with pomp and parades, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires,...from one end of the continent to the other, from this day forward, forever more."6' These were in fact the chief elements of the republican ceremony in the... | |
 | John W Chalfant - 2003 - 266 頁
...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.25 As the members of the Continental Congress were signing the Declaration, Samuel Adams declared:... | |
 | Merrill Jensen - 2004 - 754 頁
...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...bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more. "You will think me transported with... | |
 | John Adams - 2003 - 516 頁
...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...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore. You will think me transported with... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2004 - 214 頁
...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...bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward evermore. You will think me transported with enthusiasm,... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 460 頁
...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...pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.... | |
 | Stephen J. Spignesi - 2004 - 292 頁
...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...ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bell, Bonfires, and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the... | |
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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,... 
