"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 shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore."
Whoa! Did he say that there should be “acts of devotion to God? President Adams let’s get a grip! Do you know how politically incorrect that is? But the founding of our nation, and its founders were not afraid to express what they believed and why.
The Declaration of Independence is an argument based upon faith, that as men created by God, they were due the rights of course to life and liberty, but also self-determination based upon “the consent of the governed”. So Liberty was from God, but how were they going to obtain it. They were not depending on superior firepower, but “appealing to the Supreme Judge” they had placed a “firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence”
Today, I will pay a debt of gratitude to the memories of our original patriots, and salute a new generation of patriot who today mutually pledge to each other their Lives, their Fortunes and their sacred Honor.
Semper Fidelis
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