In a July 3, 1776 letter to his wife Abigail, John Adams envisioned Independence Day being celebrated annually. "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 Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, 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 Enthusiasm but I am not. -- I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. -- Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not." Before we truly began the War for American Independence, our Founders knew what laid in store for them. And they told us how they wanted us to remember it: annually, with great festivals, shows, solemnity, tradition, parades, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and fireworks. Even though we did not possess the entire Continent, they envisioned we would one day. https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17760703jasecond

250 years ago the American people refused subjugation and won their freedom. On this Independence Day we celebrate your victory and the unapologetic stand for liberty that created the United States. The Iranian people are now making the same choice. We extend our solidarity and friendship to America as we fight for a free Iran that will one day stand proudly beside you.

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On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass gave a keynote address at an Independence Day celebration and asked, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Douglass was a powerful orator, often traveling six months out of the year to give lectures on abolition. His speech, given at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was held at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York. It was a scathing speech in which Douglass stated, “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine, You may rejoice, I must mourn.” https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/nations-story-what-slave-fourth-july What is the 4th of July to a group of white supremacists? https://youtube.com/shorts/tZS-8SgGv-E?si=cYKlwj6QX3VYZvV5

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