![]() 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. It ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. Early life edit McCullough was born in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 4 to Ruth (ne Rankin 1899 1985) and Christian Hax McCullough (1899 1989). Further, he seems to have understood more clearly than any what a momentous day it was and in the privacy of two long letters to Abigail, he poured out his feelings as did no one else: McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize-winning booksTruman and John Adamswere adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively. It was John Adams, more than anyone, who had made it happen. If not all thirteen clocks had struck as one, twelve had, and with the other silent, the effect was the same. ![]() ![]() “So, it was done, the break was made, in words at least: on July 2, 1776, in Philadelphia, the American colonies declared independence. ![]()
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