Show 06 9 milk live 0 jul john Didan sor 01 P F C of anxious IIII 1111 had bad g gathered I 1 in the trens street i I 1 of I 1 p philadelphia hild elDh I 1 a obi where congress was s assembled for or aai it t w was knon w that the final 3 lote A oa an he declaration of independence would be taken laken that jay since the hour of the assembly of congress the old bellman of if ill alie libor liberty bell 1 in independence dependence ila hall had bad been lu in th the ie steeple he had placed his little glar grandson adson at the I 1 door to give him the a feord d 0 when b abe b an ds eo should be me made As hour after a I 1 hour bear p parsed et d by and ad no me anent t I 1 cona the old in mat shook be his h bead a ad and said eald sadly they w III never do a it IL suddenly a shout came up from lo 10 helow and ad there them stood food th the e little blus eyed led lad clapping mi his b hands an do for joy and shooting ring grandfather ring I 1 so the old grandsire grands lre swung the big iron haw tongue and ad the liberty boll beil clanging times sent its br brazen so notes throughout the land it that kaal the united colonies afe yere and qt oj right ought to tae be tree free and fredt Us pend ent and was a tumult ol of re 4 joicine leffin 1 la the city this I 1 in affect Is the first fourth of J july ay as many an american schoolboy has been taught it it reads read well AD and d there Is a thrill in I 1 it t but I 1 it t h has one IT laige fuit fault tt it IS len t true A As a matter after of fil fact there them s am t my any real fourth of july celebration at mt all in 1776 the there muffin I 1 be for the ream rea m that hat the declaration of independence wai a continuing operation that listed lasted pretty much the tha whole summer of that icar incidentally its ha culmona flow was waa july 2 i instead tind of july 4 moreover it was not dot until 1777 that july 4 a was fi fixed fid d upon pa as the day we initiate celebrate and it was aa in 1777 in philadelphia that the first feet fourth of july celebration Is it we was held to get the history of the declare it alon i e of independence straight e must s start t art with the fact that the american revolution was sea not begun for the achievement of independence the america americal Ame colonists tolon lets began with the idea of severing securing the right guaranteed them a as englishmen by mail magna churls the bill of rights and their own cheers ch artera the idea of and it independence was an afterthought and so an out growth of et the hostilities faced by the biltl british nt t lexington and concord cameo rd th thal historic islam deel declaration rU of the astl bens of mecklenburg county north carolina fee I 1 in U stay 7 1775 2775 asa on of the spell t suit t all a of f the U ud trend d of pub public Is opinion in january ot of 1776 1770 the palms 8 pamphlet C common co o beam appeared and gave the moe ident at a tremendous fe impetus p I 1 june 7 1776 richard henry henrt lee under 1 in from virginia P prevented to in the continental tal congress his famous re resolution of me which reads R reached hed that these united colo cold nies also are and of right to be free and wi boloin independent ad states alint I 1 they are am ab absolved hed train from all allegiance to the bitic crown and that all I c connection I 1 flow between them and the state of of G great cut britain Is and hublit to be totally dissolved that it 1 la expedient forthwith to take the effectual measures 1 toe 11 1 forming foreign alliances that t a pie alno of confederation be prepared prep tired and transmitted to the arta 1 betle colonies colon lex for their con it alon and ad op prota t fan here in fact aua no the declaration of laj peti dence 1 lo 10 a 1 nutshell 1111 j june 8 conf cresa went int unto a committee e ot of whole hole to consider ties the resolution bar various means the delegates w were ere ani at all 11 ready to vote late on no it june I 1 10 con urn gresa postponed final dual considered consideration f or 3 weeks week june 11 coli gress appointed a committee of eve to tire draw up the delfrati declaration delf rati of independence Us lee 6 naturally te rally be have bee been made ads chair man but he had been called b home by the illness of his wife th jefferson abal i D of virginia virgin we was made ad chairman n and ail hla his I colleagues 11 goo were war john all attains ms of f mae a benjamin 1 franklin took ila of if pen roger Sh arria of connecticut and robert bobert L ll 11 t mgt of new york th the a I 1 committee a wi it 1 instructed ted jefferson to write out a draft of the declaration jefferson did so the committee made wine changes and hefferson then film made a clean emy copy CoQ greB reassembled july 1 bad and tile the US leg rg lu if was parsed july 2 biow th ahta action 0 will was taen regarded girded re rs Is shown show n by john adams letter to his bis wife in which he said mid the second day of july 1778 1709 will be the most memorable epoch in the h history h story of america I 1 sm am up apt to be lines lieve that flat it 11 will be celebrated by sue me breding generation as the great sent annl festival it ought to be win corn mem orated as the day of deliverance dellver ence by boleko new acta of devotion to be god almighty it ought to 1 be le with pomp and parade with ebora games sports bell bells bonfires and 11 emall inclination tion from rom one me end of till this con to tile the other from this time forward forevermore jefferson then presented the report of the poel declaration ti e ommittee committee the docu decu meet now new known ns as the declaration of independence it was wag adopted the afternoon of july 4 john hancock a as president of the congreso con grea gres acted his dignam chat charles tap thompson countersigned counter mum signed it aa A secretary my it va ADS then film printed and ad rent off to the several or intent colonies jul july 15 the clerk was instructed to prepare the document tor for signatures Pre properly perly eug engrossed wed it was am slimed by all 11 who were present 50 members others ed in n septem septena ber be end and an one member colonel mckean did not sign until 1781 S sn seen n mem main bon bers tor for one reason or another wever never did sign ila it IL pennsyl pennsylvania nin being the first colony to recene la its declaration of inde derade pen deuce co vas as the airet formally to mahe its public the action ill of magr coD grea july 8 a general election day in penn sia ml was chosen as the time A crowd d of bent about 1000 gathered near or the platform erected b 3 tile the test leal social fieden yen yeara before from rittenhouse observed the wilh fr transit ot of venua mounted upon this colonel john nixon read tile the at in his bia big voice and oin owe BOine deborah bra logan isaul leaning if a the he wall it ot of the norris homestead which was as upon faw the present site of at tile met customs heare heard board him quite plainly both she he and ad charles charlee biddle writing of the scene in their diaries male make the itie man corn went list few fee belp respectable table persons w were ere pt present this a has I 1 not remark mark able for wealthy class of that day waa as tory in its B 1 edwill and j john mn D ed biddle I 1 I homes honian W willing ailing and the others Us its sentiments ac compely curn lely when lem they voted figal t the 1 1 ee mI resolution tw after the reading the crowd goe gaie three intas int as bud and took down the kings king urnis arms from frent the sante fill house the bell 10 1 in the tower boomed we d it ita go christ church bell be it seeping spins it company and ad the I 1 funny y old go guns of 1 the AI A I tion tian battery down at old swede church roared out their salute th the philadelphia fourth of july celebia celebration t son of 1777 was a public dew dem oti at to planned in advance var F 1 tote y ne as bare bar a 4 ebon bell conte coo temporary pr account at of what took tooh pie place the pennsylvania gazette weekly by job joho dunlop ip tells tella to in afta I 1 i of july JOY 8 9 1777 of this first of long less tine line of independence day celebrations i here IS IE the ills full account 1 rilday the fourth instant belief being tile the anniversary ivry iv ry of the th independence of america celebrated to in this city of joy and na festle festivity 11 ky about noon mf all the he or armed ed ships ara and oil galley in the river were draw ap p before the city deemed 1 in ill the gayest manner with the colors ol of thus the united states state and ad streamers tree displayed at 1 0 clork clock the yards being pro property Deity damn manned ed they began the isi of th tie e day by 8 discharge tit of thirteen cannon each of fit the galley 1 in ze honor better of I 1 the thirteen united states in the afternoon an elegant dinner was pr epard for con congress grebs to which w nere ere invited the th president and w preme executive ti ties co council end and speaker ilat of th the a assembly I 1 rab ly of this state its the g sm seat officers and colonels Is of the army and ad the members roem bera of the several id co tl Dental boards board who were in town floreas florets flo th the t band of music takes take to fo Tre trenton letan the amt sixth of do de ember cember last attended and heightened the file festivity with name if fine a once alcea bulted tied to the jay joyous occa woo ato while a corps of british deserter des dese erten artem taken into the service of the tha clana nent by the state of georgia being draw dhawn up before of the door filled filed ay 9 P b the is lot intervals oris or Is with fedo feda beux jet jole aft after dinner a number her of lamas were nere d rank alt all breathing V ence a and ad a genuine love of liberty harty and abaro the to sa memories mr of 1 www V bre brae and worthy ibby patriots who gallantly exposed their lives adi 4 fell gloriously 1 in defense of fritzw freedo tn aad nu the tb righteous cause of their country each cath toast sam followed by dla dl charge of artillery and mail weds ann conf ad a suitable piece ot at music by this ui hessian band the glorious parth fourth of july was reiterated at a led tb abre aliw wa accompanied 1 fit triple discharge of f motion cannon and ad wai small anns tid T tow flit mg m sol ID I D of had hore and corps of ac tillery end and brigade of north cortti cam carolina ina forces vatch hark I 1 was in ID town CD an its ita way to join the ik grand army were drawn up in aa swand street and reviewed by congress and the general offiel th the evening was vas closed with to tb ringing of bells and at night eight there ther was ft 03 a grund grand exhibition of which began and concluded with thir mir teen tarn rockets rackets on the common comm aal ad the b city was beautifully illuminated helnm incited everything vas we consulted with the greatest order ond end decorum and the h face of at joy jay and ad gladdes Kl adDes was we wel mj versa 1 my may the fourth of july that glorious and e er aseer memorable mable d day he through america by the hod kloeti of freedom from frace 9 lo in 80 KD till HI time hhall hall be no more amen and 1 saneo I |