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SAM ADAMS SITS AT A
WRITING DESK AS IF PENNING A LETTER. ADAMS SETS THE QUILL ASIDE AND DUSTS THE
PAGE. ADAMS STANDS, HOLDS THE LETTER AND READS:
SAMUEL ADAMS:
July 4, 1784. My dear grandson. You
may hear that Sam Adams was a political man. “The father of the revolution”,
some have called me. But, I am moved to write to you and tell you that Sam
Adams did no more, and no less, than any other colonist would have done. Only,
perhaps for a bit longer than some, 28 years.
But, there was a special unity
amongst us. A secret of unity born in a very mysterious way – as you shall see.
The people who were here before us,
the red man – the Indian – knew the secret. They prayed, “Give it your
thought that ... we may now give thanks for Him, our creator.”
Some even say they gave Governor
Bradford the idea that Thanksgiving was especially right when winter comes and
the blessings of summer disappear. Bradford, you’ll remember, was the man who
described the first colonist’s setting foot on that rocky, New England, coast, “Being
thus arrived in good harbor and brought safe to land – they fell upon their
knees and blessed the God of Heaven.”
But, all settlers in times
of crisis and deliverance set days of prayer and thanksgiving – be they Spanish
or French, African, Dutch or English – free, indentured, or slave - they all
resorted to a higher power.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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