Happy 2nd of July!
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“The Second Day of July 1776 will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. . . . 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.”
— John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776
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Ah, the days before twitter
Ah, the days before twitter and the 24 hour news cycle.
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Go to the shew!
Go to the shew!
~John "Lance" Adams~
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Taken by Thierry Legault on July 2, 2019 @ Rodeo, Argentina
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Taken by Donald Gardner on July 2, 2019 @ Collowala Observatory, Andacollo, Chile
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Ah, the days before twitter
Ah, the days before twitter and the 24 hour news cycle<<<
The pace of communication back then is always interesting to ponder in many respects.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-real-independence-day-...
On July 2, 1776, Congress, after succumbing to a demand by South Carolinian delegates to cut an anti-slavery passage out of the drafted Declaration of Independence, unanimously voted on Virginian Richard Lee’s resolution that, “These united colonies are, and of right, ought to be free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown; and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, dissolved.”
Over the next two days, final edits were made to the Declaration of Independence, the document that would announce Congress’ decision to the world. On July 4, the declaration was finally sent to the printing press. Hence the masthead at the top of the declaration, first printed by John Dunlap, “In Congress, July 4, 1776. A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America.”
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cool shots noodler!
cool shots noodler!
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