John Adams Wanted Independence Day Celebrated With ‘Devotion to God…Pomp and Parade…Guns, Bells, Bonfires’
(CNSNews.com) – Americans declared their independence from Britain on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams called “the most memorable epocha in the history of America.” Congress approved the Declaration two days later, on July 4, which we now celebrate as Independence Day. Writing to his wife on July 3, 1776 from Philadelphia, John…