Fireworks light lessons of our history
Editor, Townsman:
I agree completely that there has to be better ways of saving "town money" other than turning off streetlights. However, eliminating the Fourth of July fireworks! ("Must be better way to save than shutting off streetlights," Townsman letters, Feb. 18). That is unAmerican!
As John Adams said in regards to Independence Day (which he believed was to be the Second of July), "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 shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more."
For those unaware, illuminations are fireworks.
As a Revolutionary War reenactor and volunteer at Minuteman National Park it has become far too obvious to me that very few Americans today have much of an understanding of our American History. It should be our obligation to insure that future generations learn of our history so that perhaps one day we can begin to learn from it.
Steven Leet
9 Crescent Drive
