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It should make this a day of fasting and prayer, not of boisterous merriment and idle pageantry--a day of great lamentation, not of congratulatory joy.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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Editor's note · Context
Grimké calls for a somber reflection on the state of the nation rather than celebration on Independence Day.
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