A founding father thought July 2 should be celebrated with “Pomp and Parade.” Philly decided to finally heed his call.
Philadelphia celebrated a new holiday called Red, White, & Blue To-Do on Tuesday, exactly 248 years after one of the country’s founding fathers predicted it.
Further proof to never give up on your American dream, folks, even in death.
When the Second Continental Congress voted in Philadelphia to adopt a resolution for independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, that he believed the day would be celebrated by generations to come.
“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,” he wrote.
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