July 4th

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July 4th

• What is Independence Day?

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What is Independence Day?

• It commemorates the birthday of the United States
  of America
• It is a federal holiday (as of 1941) honoring the
  adoption of the Declaration of Independence on
  July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the
  Kingdom of Great Britain.

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John Adams

• 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 for evermore.

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What else does it stand for?

• Our freedoms
• Our military
• Our founding fathers
• Our beliefs
• Our morals

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Pledge of Allegiance

• I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
  States of America, and to the Republic for which
  it stands. One nation under God, indivisible,
  with liberty and justice for all.

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National Anthem The Defense of Fort McHenry by
Francis Scott Key 20 September 1814

• Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
  What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last
  gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
  through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we
  watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the
  rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
  Gave proof through the night that our flag was
  still there. O say, does that star-spangled
  banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the
  home of the brave?
• On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the
  deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread
  silence reposes, What is that which the breeze,
  o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows,
  now conceals, now discloses? Now it catches the
  gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory
  reflected now shines on the stream 'Tis the
  star-spangled banner! O long may it wave O'er the
  land of the free and the home of the brave.
• And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
  That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
  A home and a country should leave us no more?
  Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's
  pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and
  slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of
  the grave And the star-spangled banner in
  triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and
  the home of the brave.
• Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
  Between their loved homes and the war's
  desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the
  heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath
  made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we
  must, for our cause it is just, And this be our
  motto "In God is our trust." And the
  star-spangled banner forever shall wave O'er the
  land of the free and the home of the brave!

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Declaration of Independence

• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
  all men are created equal, that they are endowed
  by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
  that among these are Life, Liberty, and the
  pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these
  rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
  deriving their just powers from the consent of
  the governed. That whenever any Form of
  Government becomes destructive of these ends, it
  is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish
  it, and to institute new Government, laying its
  foundation on such principles and organizing its
  powers in such form, as to them shall seem most
  likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

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Signers of the Declaration of Independence

• Josiah Bartlett
• William Whipple
• Matthew Thornton
• John Hancock
• Samual Adams
• John Adams
• Robert Treat Paine
• Elbridge Gerry Stephen Hopkins
• William Ellery Roger Sherman
• Samuel Huntington
• William Williams
• Oliver Wolcott William Floyd
• Philip Livingston
• Francis Lewis
• Lewis Morris Richard Stockton
• John Witherspoon
• Francis Hopkinson
• John Hart
• Abraham Clark Robert Morris

• James Smith
• George Taylor
• James Wilson
• George Ross Caesar Rodney
• George Read
• Thomas McKean Samuel Chase
• William Paca
• Thomas Stone
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton George Wythe
• Richard Henry Lee
• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Harrison
• Thomas Nelson, Jr.
• Francis Lightfoot Lee
• Carter Braxton William Hooper
• Joseph Hewes
• John Penn Edward Rutledge
• Thomas Heyward, Jr.
• Thomas Lynch, Jr.

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• In April 1775 as the King's troops advanced on
  Concord Massachusetts Paul Revere would sound the
  alarm that "The British are coming, the British
  are coming" as he rode his horse through the late
  night streets.
• The battle of Concord and its "shot heard round
  the world" would mark the unofficial beginning of
  the colonies war for Independence.

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Did you know

• that in 1776, there were 2.5 million people
  living in the newly independent America?
• that in 2008, there are over 304 million people
  living in America?
• that 31 cities in America are named after
  liberty, such as the most populous city on the
  list, Liberty, Missouri (population 29,581).
• that there are also 31 cities in America with the
  word "eagle" -- a national symbol of the United
  States -- in their name, including Eagle Pass,
  Texas (population 26,401).
• that twelve places are named for Independence,
  including Independence, Missouri (population
  109,400).
• there are nine places named "freedom," including
  the most populous city on the list Freedom,
  California (population 6,000 residents).
• there is one city named Patriot in America? It's
  in Indiana. Population 192.

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Did you know

• Immediately after creating the Declaration of
  Independence, the Continental Congress voted to
  purchase and import 20,000 copies of scripture
  for the people of this nation.

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What was our country founded on?Scripture

• John 2029 Then Jesus told him, Because you
  have seen me, you have believed blessed are
  those who have not seen and yet have believed.
• John 316 For God so loved the world that he
  gave his one and only Son, That whoever believes
  in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
• Proverbs 35-6 Trust in the Lord with all your
  heart and lean not on your own understanding in
  all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make
  your paths straight.
• Matthew 1032-33 Whoever acknowledges me before
  men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father
  in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I
  will disown him before my Father in Heaven.
• 2 Timothy 212 if we endure, we shall also reign
  with him if we deny him, he also will deny us.

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Patrick Henry

• An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all
  that is left us.  But we shall not fight our
  battle alone.  There is a just God that presides
  over the destinies of nations.  The battle, sir,
  is not of the strong alone.  Is life so dear or
  peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of
  chains and slavery?  Forbid it almighty God.  I
  know not what course others may take, but as for
  me, give me liberty, or give me death.
• It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too
  often that this great nation was founded not by
  religionists, but by Christians not on religion,
  but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  For that
  reason alone, people of other faiths have been
  afforded freedom of worship here.

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George Washington

• It is impossible to govern the world without
  God and the Bible.  Of all the dispositions and
  habits that lead to political prosperity, our
  religion and morality are the indispensable
  supporters.  Let us with caution indulge the
  supposition that morality can be maintained
  without religion.  Reason and experience both
  forbid us to expect that our national morality
  can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

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John Quincy Adams

• The highest glory of the American Revolution
  was this  it connected in one indissoluble bond
  the principles of civil government with the
  principles of Christianity.

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James Madison

• We have staked the whole future of our new
  nation, not upon the power of government far
  from it.  We have staked the future of all our
  political constitutions upon the capacity of each
  of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the
  moral principles of the Ten Commandments.

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• Remember your roots and how we originally
  obtained our freedom. Remember those that fight
  in wars to sustain our freedom. Remember that
  without it, we wouldnt have the ability of FREE
  speech, FREEDOM of Religion, FREEDOM of assembly
  and more.

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Happy Fourth of July!!