For Fourth of July at least they would trade television, radio, fast cars and whatever else 1955 has to offer for cannon crackers and sky rockets of their own. But, still, contemplation of the glories of the past, which made possible the glories of today, is laudable. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. There is the transcendent Fourth of July thought.
Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
A thought as significant today as on July 4, 1776. Excerpled from Livennore Hcrald. Next Monday the Fourth of July holiday will be a quiet day in Livermore and most small towns and cities, but there was it tine when it was periodically the liveliest day, of the year, celebrated in the true spirit of Independence Day. I was that staged by Livermore in 1899. First event of the day was the firing of the town cannon.