'Simply Another Holiday'
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Title
'Simply Another Holiday'
Subject
"As the years roll on the American people grow either less patriotic or less demonstrative, judging by the amount of enthusiasm displayed on July Fourth, The day of all days in the year when such manifestations are expected. There should be a thankful feeling in the breast of every citizen on account of the successful efforts of the founders of the government to establish an independent republic on this continent. Although the government is far from perfect, yet it is the best government on the fact of the globe. Imperfections will be remedied in the proportion that popular sentiment will be keyed to the point of demanding that the “U.S.” be in fact what it now is in name.
IN THE GREAT SCRAMBLE for the accumulation of wealth and position the ocular manifestations of patriotism which in former years were do marked on the Fourth of July, apparently now are on the wane. We have become so highly culture, so refined and sensitive that a noisy noise annoys us. We see no sense in burning up money in fireworks, in street parades where floats depicting the milestones in the history of our country are displayed. We find no time to install into the minds of the younger generation a love of country and of its flag. These things are of minor importance compared to putting over a “sane Fourth.”
THE EFFECT of the old-time way of observing Independence day was to install into the minds of the rising generation that the celebration meant more than merely a holiday. It meant that their forefathers sacrificed their lives upon the altar of their country’s good to build up a government and establish institutions which would perpetuate liberty, justice, and political and religious freedom to their posterity. Today the Fourth of July is only recognized as a holiday, to be devoted to recreation, relaxation, and pleasure. Let us hope for a return of what actuated the participants in these celebrations in the early days of the public, so that the same may be instilled into the minds and hearts of the younger generation. "
IN THE GREAT SCRAMBLE for the accumulation of wealth and position the ocular manifestations of patriotism which in former years were do marked on the Fourth of July, apparently now are on the wane. We have become so highly culture, so refined and sensitive that a noisy noise annoys us. We see no sense in burning up money in fireworks, in street parades where floats depicting the milestones in the history of our country are displayed. We find no time to install into the minds of the younger generation a love of country and of its flag. These things are of minor importance compared to putting over a “sane Fourth.”
THE EFFECT of the old-time way of observing Independence day was to install into the minds of the rising generation that the celebration meant more than merely a holiday. It meant that their forefathers sacrificed their lives upon the altar of their country’s good to build up a government and establish institutions which would perpetuate liberty, justice, and political and religious freedom to their posterity. Today the Fourth of July is only recognized as a holiday, to be devoted to recreation, relaxation, and pleasure. Let us hope for a return of what actuated the participants in these celebrations in the early days of the public, so that the same may be instilled into the minds and hearts of the younger generation. "
Creator
N/A
Publisher
Chicago Defender
Date
1922-7-1
Collection
Citation
N/A, “'Simply Another Holiday',” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 27, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/146.