John Adams wants you to have a good time tomorrow. To Abbie he wrote:
"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. 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 forever more.
See? You have a Founder's permission to go to the range.
Never mind his "second day." It's just part of history's ambiguity which keeps otherwise unemployable academics off the streets, harmlessly picking nits.
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