It’s not like it was YOUR anniversary. And it’s not like it was the birthday of a loved one or someone else important in your life. So, it doesn’t really matter WHEN it happened. Just that it DID.
And I bet you won’t care when it happened either.
“What ever could she be ranting on about now?” Maybe that’s the question in your mind. Right? Or something like it? Well, I’ll tell you.
But first, I hope you enjoyed a nice Independence Day. And that you’re already back in the swing of things.
What’s that? Oh yeah, it’s July 3rd. Why do you ask?
No, silly. Independence Day WAS yesterday. Yes. July 2nd. Oh wait. Don’t tell me you’re one of those people who celebrate it on July 4th. Seriously? Well, I suppose I can cut you some slack. After all, it does seem to be the majority who celebrate Independence Day on the 4th of July.
But that’s just because they don’t know it’s the wrong date. How do I know? I’m glad you asked.
Because John Adams, one of the actual “founding fathers,” kept track of the proceedings back in 1776. And he wrote a letter to his dear wife, Abigail, on July 3rd of that year, to tell her that American Independence had been declared a day earlier. By my precision calendar calculator, that’s July 2nd.
Copies of Mr. Adams letter to his wife include this illuminating paragraph:
“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, 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 Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”
Did he get it wrong?
No. John Adams was there. He knew, full well, what happened. And when. And I’ve read a couple of articles that show the proof that America’s Independence Day actually was declared on July 2nd. But there were a few things circumstances that bumped it over to the 4th. Main thing was that’s when the original document was sent to the printer. And the printer added the 4th to all the copies.
Plus, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, to pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the “Great Question of Independence,” didn’t all sign on the 4th of July. According to what I’ve read, signatures were added as late as November of 1776.
But you can’t celebrate the 4th of July in November. So, we don’t (a little tongue-in-cheek humor there).
And the main point is this. We don’t really care WHEN it happened. Just that it DID happen.
Because American Independence created a country better than any other nation there ever was. More freedom and more choices have sprung up from the land of the free and home of the brave than anywhere else in history.
So, here’s how I see the timing.
It doesn’t matter whether you light up some fireworks this evening, or if you lit them up this past weekend, or if you’re waiting till tomorrow (July 4). Because the important thing is to celebrate “the great anniversary Festival.” And remember what it took to give us this much freedom.
And when you’re ready to declare your own independence from a J.O.B. or an uncertain future, I’d like to have a conversation with you.
Book a free call with me, with that handy calendar below. And give me a chance to see where you wanna go in life. I’d love to help YOU if I can. Let’s talk soon.
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