the Independence Day, July 4!

      I have seen one movie named Independence Day, which is played by the famous black actor Will Smith. It is a science fiction movie which attracts me most in the past. The spirit of the soldiers to fight agaist the invasion of the aliens has arouse my curiosity for a long time. What is the source of the spirit for the Americans to fight against the invaders and win the final independence? Coming to Yale University, I have the chance to have a close touch with the memorial activities on July 4, the Independence Day of America.
      It is discovered that the attendants of these activities do all the things according to their will, which mirrors the spirit of freedom, on the basis of which America is founded. That people show their respect to the dead is the inevitable step for all nations' memorial activities. In many country, people will use "the Nation's Day" to name the date, but America prefer the term "the Independence Day". Thus, we can perhaps sumarize in this way that independence and freedom is the permanent subjects pursued by the people here.
       To know more, let's come to the reference from WIKI:

During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:

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.

 

 

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