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 for evermore.
— John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776 (referring to the day before, when the resolution for independence was passed)
A plant closing unleashes a flood of family memories
When the headline is personal It’s rare that a story headline in my morning reads jolts me awake. This one in the WSJ did. "Storied Toolmaker Closes Its Last Hometown Plant — and Blames Its Tape Measures." (Tiered paywall) The news that Stanley (now Stanley Black...