Mike Parker: What does The Fourth of July mean?
Mike Parker
John Adams had it wrong by two days. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of declaring independence from Great Britain. John Adams, a delegate to the Continental Congress from Massachusetts, wrote to his wife Abigail on July 3, 1776:
“I am apt to believe that it [July 2] 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.
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Kiski Township’s Dominic Hayward dotes on his pet alligators Diamond, Diva, Gisele, Ruby, Rebel, 
Chevelle, Speckles, Thor, Loki and Reece. A lover of alligators since he was a child, Hayward, 24, is as passionate about his gators as anyone with more traditional pets such as a German shepherd or labradoodle.
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