Independence Day

It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion, from one end of the continent to the other.—John Adams.

Our Country

A goodly heritage.—Psalm xvi.

Upon this land a thousand, thousand blessings.

Shakespeare, “Henry VIII.”

On thy brow

Shall set a nobler grace than now,

Deep in the brightness of the skies

The thronging years of glory rise.—Bryant.