Because of what these principles would do for future Ameicans and the world, one of the committee members assigned to write th document, John Adams. later penned this prophetic insight about how future generations would honor this document:
"I am apt to believe that it [Independence Day] will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. 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."
As we approach another July 4th celebration, it seems a appropriate time, as we have done in the past, to review the principles of liberty, the basic beliefs, and the principles of independence which are contained in this marvelous document of freedom. Surely, if Americans really knew and held to what was contained in the Declaration of Independence, it would be held up reverently as a most priceless National Treasure.
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