Happy 4th of July
Americans
are a gregarious bunch of individuals. Is it a wonder, when most of our
ancestors could not wait to get off the ship at Ellis Island to experience the
new land! One with promise and hope! One where you can have freedom of religion
and the soil earned a reputation as being liquid gold.
Independence
Day!
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of
the Thirteen
Colonies from Great
Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of
independence that had
been proposed in June by Richard Henry
Lee of Virginia declaring the United States
independent from Great Britain.[4][5] After voting for independence,
Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence,
a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five,
with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress
debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on
July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:
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 forever more.[6]
Adams's
prediction was off by two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated
independence on July 4, the date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of
Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence
was approved in a closed session of Congress.[7]
I may get discouraged when I see our nation going the
wrong way. But what is the solution? Many may not want to hear this, but it is
for the true Americans to return to God. Stop complaining about it and humble
yourselves and pray! Make a decision in your life. God will hear our prayers.
Only then will our land be healed when we return to our first love.
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