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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, 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 forevermore.

JOHN ADAMS-Letter to Mrs. Adams. July 3, 1776.

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There were his young barbarians all at play There was their Dacian mother-he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday.

BYRON-Childe Harold. Canto IV. St. 141.

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And that was the way

The deuce was to pay

As it always is, at the close of the day
That gave us

Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!

(With some restrictions, the fault-finders say) That which, please God, we will keep for aye Our National Independence!

WILL CARLETON-How We Kept the Day.

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