{"id":2254,"date":"2025-07-03T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2025-07-02T15:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T19:39:50","slug":"happy-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/happy-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

the Anniversary Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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 .. Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Adams<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has the right to Freedom of opinion and<\/strong> Expression<\/strong>.
This right includes freedom to hold opinions<\/strong>
without interference and to seek, receive and impart<\/strong> information<\/strong>
and ideas through any Media and regardless of frontiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again<\/strong>
be seen as the last best hope of earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abraham Lincoln<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

the Anniversary Festival 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 .. 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