5 Great Quotes to Read with Your Family this Independence Day

Happy Birthday to the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave! Pull up these quotes on your phone, read them aloud, and bring the spirit of freedom and patriotism to your family gathering this holiday weekend:

1. “The [Fourth] 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 Shrews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

—John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independence and second president of the United States of America

2. “The Man must be bad indeed who can look upon the events of the American Revolution without feeling the warmest gratitude towards the great Author of the Universe whose divine interposition was so frequently manifested in our behalf.”

—George Washington, Washington’s letter to Samuel Langdon, September 28, 1789

3. “It becomes us humbly to approach the throne of Almighty God, with gratitude and praise for the wonders which his goodness has wrought in conducting our fore-fathers to this western world…and above all, that he hath diffused the glorious light of the gospel, whereby, through the merits of our gracious Redeemer, we may become the heirs of his eternal glory.”

—George Washington, Washington’s General Orders, November 27, 1779

4. “The safety and prosperity of nations ultimately and essentially depend on the protection and the blessing of Almighty God, and the nation acknowledgment of this truth is…an indispensable duty which the people owe to Him.”

—John Adams

5. “First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life: Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting. To his equals he was condescending; to his inferiors kind; and to the dear object of his affections exemplarily tender: Correct throughout, vice shuddered in his presence, and virtue always felt his fostering hand; the purity of his private character gave effulgence to his public virtues. His last scene comported with the whole tenor of his life: Although in extreme pain, not a sigh, not a groan escaped him; and with undisturbed serenity he closed his well spent life. Such was the man America has lost! Such was the man for whom our nation mourns!”

—Henry Lee, on the death of George Washington

Happy Independence Day to you and your family!

With love,

Kimberly

P.S. More ways to carry the spirit of faith, freedom, and family throughout the month of July coming soon!