...hundred-fold more than when John Adams wrote to his wife it would be so for ever, it is an occasion for "shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other." Ovations, rather than orations, are the order of such a day as this. Emotions...

...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...to the other, from this time forward forevermore. You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but • I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood...

...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...to the other, from this time forward, forevermore." Thus far, into the beginning of a second century, the event has been commemorated in precisely the...

...Independence on July 4th. Old John Adams' prediction to Abigail that the event would be celebrated by "Pomp and Parade, with Shows, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires, and Illuminations" had long since come true. Among the signers, only Adams, Jefferson and Charles Carroll of Maryland...

...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...to the other, from this time forward, forevermore" (and firecracker wholesalers have been grateful ever since). John Adams: The European Years Now a hot...

...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...bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore! Thus it has been that for 211 years...

...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....

...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...this continent to the other, from this time forward, forever. 1 During the following years of war and economic crisis, however, Americans did not find many...

...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...this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore. Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence, knowing full well that they were...

...Generations, as the great anniversary Festival," and would be "solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations...this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."1 Characteristically, his prophetic powers had gotten the story correct with almost eerie...