Happy 4th of July

Happy (early) 4th of July!! We are heading out and I won't be taking my computer (gasp! It'll be like walking around without an arm, I swear! :)). I wanted to share this and remind everyone to have a safe and wonderful holiday!

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 for evermore.

— John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776 (referring to the day before, when the resolution for independence was passed)