Botanical Beauty block #9
from Nestlings By Robin
Celebrate!
Did you know that the very first use
of fireworks to celebrate the 4th of July
was on the first anniversary of our
declared independence, July 4th, 1777!
In 1776, then-future President John Adams
sent a letter to his wife, Abigail,
outlining how the country's declared
independence from England should be celebrated.
He wrote that the day should be marked
with "pomp & parade, with shews (shows),
games, sports, bonfires, bells and illuminations
from one end of this continent to the other
from this time forward forever more (sic)."
The next year, a July 4th fireworks display
in Philadelphia ...
