![]() ![]() ![]() 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. McCullough makes a powerful case for Harry Truman as one of our most important presidents, basing his argument on the fact Truman's time in office (1945-53) involved the beginning of the nuclear age and the Cold War as well as most of the Korean conflict. It ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. Further, he seems to have understood more clearly than any what a momentous day it was and in the privacy of two long letters to Abigail, he poured out his feelings as did no one else: It was John Adams, more than anyone, who had made it happen. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America’s beloved and distinguished historian. If not all thirteen clocks had struck as one, twelve had, and with the other silent, the effect was the same. The Pulitzer Prizewinning biography of Harry S. ![]() “So, it was done, the break was made, in words at least: on July 2, 1776, in Philadelphia, the American colonies declared independence. FILE - Writer and historian David McCullough appears at his Marthas Vineyard property in West Tisbury, Mass., on May 12, 2001. ![]()
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