Happy 232nd Birthday America!

I hope you have all had a wonderful Fourth of July! While I was reflecting on it today, and thinking what I could blog about, I decided to add a little bit of history. I remembered reading part of a letter John Adams had written to his wife Abigail. It took a bit of searching but I managed to find it : "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.["

In case you are wondering about the date 02 July 1776 in the above quotation, July 2, 1776, was the day when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a Resolution of Independence. After voting for Independence the congress debated and revised the Declaration of Independence, and gave it final approval on July 4, 1776.

The largest celebration of America's Independence Day outside the United States takes place every year at Rebild Bakker, Denmark. Danes and Americans of Danish decent gather at Rebild National Park each year for public speakers, bands and fireworks as they have since 1912.