One Founding Father reportedly refused to celebrate Independence Day

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John Adams refused to celebrate July 4, insisting July 2, 1776, was the true date of American independence. Fifty-six delegates met in the Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia; the Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2 and adopted Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence on July 4. Adams wrote to his wife Abigail on July 3, 1776, calling July 2 "the most memorable Epocha" and predicting it would be commemorated "forward forever more" with "Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations." Adams held to that view for the rest of his life; historian Kenneth C. Davis told CBS News on America’s 240th birthday that Adams never celebrated the Fourth, "standing his ground" as other Founding Fathers marked July 4. George Washington and Alexander Hamilton were absent from the Continental Congress in Philadelphia because they were occupied with duties in the Continental Army. As the nation observes its 250th birthday, readers are revisiting Adams’s insistence on July 2 as the moment of national founding.

Deborah Weeks/A Woman for An Eternity

@deborah-10.bsky.social

The founder’s were NOT christians!!! There were atheists, Unitarian, Universalist, deists and other nonchristian people represented by our founding fathers. Please QUIT referring to every founding father as a member of one type of religion. They represented many beliefs. Franklin worshiped the sun.

14510h ago

Geoff Ames3

And frankly, most were slaveholders... so, certainly not saints.

bookworm4715.bsky.social2

Historical ignorance in America is mind boggling. MAGA fills the void with historical slop/lies.

CalmlyPanicking1

Thanks to your post I looked up Benjamin Franklin, apparently he was a deist. The more I read about him, the more I like the guy!

Barbm368🇨🇦🙏1

Thank you for pointing that out! I had read that before and this is a part of history that must not be forgotten.

dotshit.bsky.social1

They were also masonic with the compass and square

Timothy Burke

@bubbaprog.xyz

heard some canuck was talking shit about our nation's values? i'll have you know I spent my Independence Day much like some dudes in Philadelphia did 250 years ago: arguing sometimes bitterly about how to improve our country with people i love but also kind of can't stand that's us

1163h ago

Kelsey Atherton

@atherton.bsky.social

Ben Franklin easily the founding father most likely to have been banned from DeviantArt

8112h ago

Andrew Nelson17

His Patreon fees alone would stabilize whole artistic fields though

weaselproof2

What would poor Richard's fursona be

taryn1

he liked elfwood better for the lack of content moderation

Matthew Reichbach1

Shopping my script of "Ben Franklin: Time Traveling Sex Freak" right now.

Ryan Grim

@ryangrim.bsky.social

Harold Meyerson flags that founding father Benjamin Franklin made a persuasive argument for the wealth tax, in a letter to Robert Morris, then the richest man in America & the financier of the revolution. His basic argument: Public laws and society made you rich, so the public can decide what to...

6414h ago

Devi 🌈

@deviwestside.bsky.social

Heartbroken because he didn’t ask me to be his founding father for Fourth of July

268h ago

Jake Williams

@malwarejake.bsky.social

Since it's the nation's 250th birthday, we should all note how the founding fathers would have found qualified immunity for law enforcement to be absolutely ridiculous.

256h ago

joyless sack 🛍️

@soapachu.bsky.social

Incredible thread on yesterday's Independence Day events in Washington DC.

161h ago

r/protectUSelections

@protectuselections.bsky.social

Gavin Newsom says Founding Fathers Ideas are Under Threat from President Trump as he Calls for Election Independence on America's 250th Birthday: "What separates Democracy from Monarchy, from Dictatorship, is the Fundamental Right to Vote. This is a Government for the People. Let's Go Defend It."

135h ago

Stephen Nelson

@stephennelson.bsky.social

Jess seemed unamused at my ‘Independence Day’ (1996) incorporation but whatever salute to #MyPresident Thomas J. Whitmore 🫡

172h ago

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew2

But he’s an all-time great movie President!

Michael Elizondo1

Or that time we used malware for good.

terra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉

@kavi.bsky.social

Honestly like the founding fathers probably wouldn't like the fact that people treat them like religious figures. (At least the ones who became the Republicans*, Adams would've loved that shit)

185h ago

Greythean🏴🚩

@thegreytheanvoid.bsky.social

This is fucking asinine. The founding fathers were a bunch of hypocritical, genocidal, slave-owning oligarchs. The Nazis were inspired by them.

106h ago

自由と正義のRainbow Cleric 🏳️‍🌈🇯🇵

@reinbowcleric.bsky.social

The founding father shade Adams: the entire earth was created in a week Jefferson: someday you must tell me how you did it

139h ago

Rep. Greg Stanton

@repgregstanton.bsky.social

Great to be out with with the AZ National Guard, the Mesa community, and so many local leaders for the Arizona Celebration of Freedom tonight. Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸🎆 #America250

123h ago

justdeirdre.bsky.social

@justdeirdre.bsky.social

The brutal heat wave smothering the eastern half of the country as it celebrates its 250th birthday is stark reminder of just how profoundly the climate has changed since the American Revolution. spklr.io/6003EOqS3

75h ago

Seanny Mac

@tlmcvay.bsky.social

Independence Day shenanigans with these fine folks. 🇺🇸😎🤘🏼 @alliedise.bsky.social @chopaganda.bsky.social @terryalfredo.bsky.social @phishdicksref.bsky.social

92h ago

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