Juneteenth Independence Day

Famous quotes containing the words independence and/or day:

    Hail, Columbia! happy land!
    Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
    Who fought and bled in Freedom’s cause,
    Who fought and bled in Freedom’s cause,
    And when the storm of war was gone,
    Enjoyed the peace your valor won.
    Let independence be our boast,
    Ever mindful what it cost;
    Joseph Hopkinson (1770–1842)

    Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
    Bible: Hebrew Job, 3:3.

    A similar imprecation is found in Jeremiah 20:14-15.