Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
They are following John Adams suggestion
Quote:
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 Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.
Thanks, good quote.
Half way into looking up:
shew/verb
old-fashioned variant spelling of show.
It dawned on me what the word was and now I have a better understanding why Ed Sullivan called it "A really big shew!".
Our founding fathers were incredibly wise. They laid a solid foundation for a country, perhaps not perfect, but good, very good, and constantly evolving towards the better.