Show F F 03 U I 1 L 1 T H I 1 It if required a long time to prepare for the celebration of the first fourth of july it demanded nerve courage heroism the man mail who buzzard tor for lib erty then was in danger of putting his head in a noose and he who fired a pun gun in honor of the occasion was shot without trial if caught nowadays people who wake up on the morning of the fourth of july 4 amid the booming of cannon the noise of trumpets crackle of guns and snap ping of fire crackers and a general pandemonium of free and generous noise seldom think of the years of anxiety suffering and bloodshed i through which the colonial americans passed before reaching the great day when they could shout for freedom there bad had been long resistance to tyranny oppression and injustice the lexington shot that was heard around the world had been fired 0 harry lee had proclaimed in depend ence patrick henry had demanded liberty or death but the time was not quite ripe for that day of all days in american history the fourth of i july zuly I 1 on that day fifty six determined patriots assembled in the state house g at philadelphia they had a purpose in assembling and that purpose was of grave import to the whole world thir teen colonies with their three mil lions of people knew what the purpose k was they had sanctioned it approved it and what the fifty six men were bout about to do they were to do on behalf of those three millions of people i who bad had fought suffered bled and starved that it might be done every livery body knew what was going to happen even the small boy who now mal es as much noise as he can was there with the crowds assembled to hear the ft tocsin of liberty A member of this great congress of the people arose and stopping a moment looked at the grave faces before 0 aim him then he began to react from a paper he held in his hand I 1 when men in the course of hurban 7 f 4 0 e ct 4 A r 4 ier a 1 10 of di 50 douffet 0 pat 4 hoot hoviin tn f chit 1 k y f yento oft lmh 0 1 hz went of ku 1 r 1 10 ra abet si t 1 3 alidy or to acl w go events reading on along down the list of grievances until he reached the consummating mating words that a new nation we therefore there fole the representatives of the united states of america in general congress assembled appealing to the supreme judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions do in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies sol emaly publish and declare that these united states are and of right ought to be free and Ilif independent here came an interruption in the person of a small boy who v m as blowing a fuse to keep it burning he had a small cannon ready loaded to be the first to celebrate the very vei first fourth of july he rushed to the old bellman wait ing with the rope in his hand to ring out liberty on I 1 berty bell ring ring ring he shouted and the old bellman threw his whole weight ons ua ri F of on cn fhe the av of of duly m ic 1 A kind kina W basar my oy W lwow ir y wept PT e ibe to to see f up on how muc the edge noise 01 of e ak W ta po w der b e M bae L 4 40 I 1 upon the rope and the bongi e of that liberty bell spoke to the crowd and said we are free the life of a new and great nation has begun rejoice and be glad and the people shouted we are free then they embraced one another and shouted themselves hoarse and when they could shout no more they fired guns touched off gun powder and waved flags but the tongue of liberty bell apt pt on ringing tor for two long hours the old bellman pulled with all his st strong and when asked why he did not stop he answered answer ea I 1 can t I 1 don t want to I 1 could keep on ringing lib erty to the world forever then the fiftysix fifty six men arose a ose and shouted and huzzard and embraced the deed was done the nation wa was born and the first fourth of july was inaugurated we have been I 1 beeping it up LV ever since and as we grow larger and ard stronger we male mal e more noise is very natural and quite proper |