America

Over the past month or so, I've been slowly working through The Light and the Glory, by Peter Marshall and David Manuel. It talks about the role that Christianity played in the formation of our country.

There's a quote from John Adams, in a letter to his wife Abigail, where he talks about the day that the Declaration of Independence passed Congress:

"will be the most memorable....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 actos 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 forevermore.
You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means."

Interesting, no?