John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776, expressing his hopes for the new nation's annual day of celebration:

"It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more."

Let us fulfill John Adam’s wishes! No doubt, 250 years is well-worth a massive national celebration!

But as we celebrate this great day, let us not forget that this remarkable anniversary was brought to us, in part, by thousands upon thousands of men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice of their lives, treasure, and their pledge of sacred honor, so that we might live in freedom, liberty, and enjoy a prosperity of a kind previously unknown in human history.

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