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Beers with our Founding Fathers

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since the first shots were fired on April 19 1775 at Lexington and
Concord in Massachusetts. The undeclared war would continue
until the surrender of England’s army at Yorktown, over six years
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later, on October 19 1781. The war did not officially end for two
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more years, with the second Treaty of Paris on September 3 1783,
just over seven years since declaring independence and the
founding of a new nation of free and independent states – the

United States of America. America’s road and war for independence
would last twenty years, from tyranny and oppression to freedom

and a new country. The significance of this event, for all future
citizens, was not unnoticed by our Founding Fathers.
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On July 3 1776, after ratification, John Adams wrote his wife,
Abigail, of the news, “The second day of July, 1776, will be the most

memorable epoch 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.”

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