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15 Great Speeches to Remind America what Independence Day is About

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This year we will celebrate the 244 th anniversary of American independence. This day does not only represent the creation of a new nation, but the creation of a new civilization, one founded on the principles of freedom, self-government, and equality. Here are 15 speeches to inspire new vigor for our founding principles. Looking at who and what we were will help us remember who and what we ought to be.

1. Patrick Henry, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” 1775

Patrick Henry gave this speech in 1775 at the Virginia Convention. It took place only a few months after the assembly of the first Continental Congress had sent King George III a petition for the redress of grievances. Boston Harbor was also blockaded by the British in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party. Tensions were high, revolution seemed inevitable, but still many political leaders in Virginia held out hope that the relationship with Great Britain could be restored. Patrick Henry sought to dispel them of that notion.

Patrick Henry was a lawyer and had a reputation as one of the greatest opponents of British taxation. In this speech he argues passionately for independence. He made his case clear in the opening of his speech stating, “For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery…” He chides the assembly for indulging in “illusions of hope” for passively waiting “to be betrayed with a kiss” and for falling prey to the siren songs of the British.

He reminds the assembly of the lengths the colonists have gone to in order to plead their case to the British, “We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.” He then states how the British have received such outreach, “Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne.”

Next is Henry’s powerful call to action, a call that would galvanize the colonies into declaring independence from Great Britain:

In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us! … Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave… There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

Read Patrick’s entire speech . Watch Patrick’s speech on YouTube .

2. Samuel Adams, “On American Independence” 1776

Samuel Adams was a delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774, was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, helped get the Constitution ratified in the Massachusetts Convention, and became Governor of Massachusetts in 1794.

In this speech Adams recognizes that this was not simply a battle that would determine the fate of two nations, but the fate of the world at large. He declared, “Courage, then, my countrymen; our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.”

Adams notes the ability of men to “deliberately and voluntarily” form for themselves a political society. He cites John Hampden, John Locke, and Algernon Sidney whose ideas and actions paved the way for such a feat. Of this new founding he states:

Other nations have received their laws from conquerors; some are indebted for a constitution to the suffering of their ancestors through revolving centuries. The people of this country, alone, have formally and deliberately chosen a government for themselves, and with open and uninfluenced consent bound themselves into a social compact. Here no man proclaims his birth or wealth as a title to honorable distinction, or to sanctify ignorance and vice with the name of hereditary authority. He who has most zeal and ability to promote public felicity, let him be the servant of the public. This is the only line of distinction drawn by nature. Leave the bird of night to the obscurity for which nature intended him, and expect only from the eagle to brush the clouds with his wings and look boldly in the face of the sun.

He like Patrick Henry then gives a call to action:

We have no other alternative than independence, or the most ignominious and galling servitude. The legions of our enemies thicken on our plains; desolation and death mark their bloody career, while the mangled corpses of our countrymen seem to cry out to us as a voice from heaven.

Lastly, Adams ends his address declaring the people of America the guardians of their own liberty. Then with an ode to the ancient Roman republic he ends stating, “Nothing that we propose can pass into a law without your consent. Be yourselves, O Americans, the authors of those laws on which your happiness depends.”

You can read Samuel Adams' full speech .

3. John Quincy Adams, “An Address Celebrating the Declaration of Independence” 1821

Painting of John Quincy Adams.

Adams begins the speech recounting the first settlers of the Plymouth colony and how they entered into a written covenant with one another on the eve of their landing. Of this event he states,

Thus was a social compact formed upon the elementary principles of civil society, in which conquest and servitude had no part. The slough of brutal force was entirely cast off; all was voluntary; all was unbiased consent; all was the agreement of soul with soul.

Adams continues to trace America’s historical and political development throughout the speech. He recalls how the British mistreated the colonists from the beginning, citing how Britain went against its own ideas and principles in denying the colonists representation and consent. He states, “For the independence of North America, there were ample and sufficient causes in the laws of moral and physical nature.”

Adams’ ode to the Declaration of Independence is most worth reading:

It was the first solemn declaration by a nation of the only legitimate foundation of civil government. It was the corner stone of a new fabric, destined to cover the surface of the globe. It demolished at a stroke the lawfulness of all governments founded upon conquest. It swept away all the rubbish of accumulated centuries of servitude. It announced in practical form to the world the transcendent truth of the unalienable sovereignty of the people. It proved that the social compact was no figment of the imagination; but a real, solid, and sacred bond of the social union. From the day of this declaration, the people of North America were no longer the fragment of a distant empire, imploring justice and mercy from an inexorable master in another hemisphere. They were no longer children appealing in vain to the sympathies of a heartless mother; no longer subjects leaning upon the shattered columns of royal promises, and invoking the faith of parchment to secure their rights. They were a nation, asserting as of right, and maintaining by war, its own existence. A nation was born in a day. […] [T]hat a new civilization had come, a new spirit had arisen on this side of the Atlantic more advanced and more developed in its regard for the rights of the individual than that which characterized the Old World. Life in a new and open country had aspirations which could not be realized in any subordinate position. A separate establishment was ultimately inevitable. It had been decreed by the very laws of human nature. Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.

Adams goes on to pronounce that the Declaration was more than the “mere secession of territory” and the “establishment of a nation.” No, these things have occurred before, but the Declaration of Independence not only liberated America but ennobled all of humanity, he stated. 

You can read John Quincy Adams' entire speech here .

  4. Daniel Webster “Speech at the laying of the cornerstone of the capitol,” July 4, 1851.

Daniel Webster was one of the most prominent lawyers in the 19 th century, arguing over 200 cases before the Supreme Court. He also represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in Congress and was Secretary of State under three presidents. Webster is also known for his speech in Congress, called the Second Reply to Hayne, which derided the theory of nullification espoused by John C. Calhoun.

Webster’s speech on the occasion of laying the Capital building’s cornerstone had a patriotic tone, He begins with the celebratory declaration, “This is America! This is Washington! And this the Capitol of the United States!”

Of the Founding generation Webster stated,

The Muse inspiring our Fathers was the Genius of Liberty, all on fire with a sense of oppression, and a resolution to throw it off; the whole world was the stage and higher characters than princes trod it… how well the characters were cast, and how well each acted his part…

He went on to speak about the tremendous sacrifice the men who signed the Declaration paid. “It was sealed in blood,” he stated. Of the liberty that the Founding generation bestowed upon successive generations Webster said,

Every man’s heart swells within him; every man’s port and bearing becomes somewhat more proud and lofty, as he remembers that seventy-five years have rolled away, and that the great inheritance of liberty is still his; his undiminished and unimpaired; his in all its original glory’ his to enjoy’ his to protect; and his to transmit to future generations.

Finally, Webster made clear that American liberty is unique among nations,

I have said, gentlemen, that our inheritance is an inheritance of American liberty. That liberty is characteristic, peculiar, and altogether our own. Nothing like it existed in former times, nor was known in the most enlightened States of antiquity; while with us its principles have become interwoven into the minds of individual men… […] And, finally another most important part of the great fabric of American liberty is, that there shall be written constitutions, founded on the immediate authority of the people themselves, and regulating and restraining all the powers conferred upon Government, whether legislative, executive, or judicial.

You can read Daniel Webster's entire speech here .

5. Frederick Douglass, “What to the slave is the 4 th of July?”  July 5, 1852

Statue of Frederick Douglass.

He spoke about the Founding Fathers as men of courage who “preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage.” Of the “fathers of this republic” he said, “They were statesmen, patriots and heroes, and for the good they did, and the principles they contended for, I will unite with you to honor their memory.”

Drawing a contrast between the Founders and the men of his generation advocating the positive good of slavery Douglass stated,

They believed in order; but not in the order of tyranny. With them, nothing was “settled” that was not right. With them, justice, liberty and humanity were “final;” not slavery and oppression. You may well cherish the memory of such men. They were great in their day and generation. Their solid manhood stands out the more as we contrast it with these degenerate times.

Douglass encouraged Americans to celebrate the Declaration as the ring-bolt to the chains of the United Sates’ destiny. “The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost,” he stated.

Douglass then rightly points out that America was not living up to its own ideals as laid out in the Declaration when it came to the millions of black men and women still enslaved. He stated,

Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? and am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits and express devout gratitude for the blessings resulting from your independence to us?

Of Slavery’s effects on the American union he declared, “It fetters your progress; it is the enemy of improvement, the deadly foe of education; it fosters pride; it breeds insolence; it promotes vice; it shelters crime; it is a curse to the earth that supports it…”

He goes on to explain that this anniversary does not yet include black men and women. He stated, “The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me.” Yet Douglass was optimistic that this would soon change. He called the Constitution a “GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT.” He exhorted the assembly to consider the Constitution’s preamble and ask themselves if slavery was listed as one of its purposes.

He finished his momentous speech by saying, 

Allow me to say, in conclusion, notwithstanding the dark picture I have this day presented of the state of the nation, I do not despair of this country. There are forces in operation, which must inevitably work the downfall of slavery. “The arm of the Lord is not shortened,” and the doom of slavery is certain. I, therefore, leave off where I began, with hope. While drawing encouragement from the Declaration of Independence, the great principles it contains, and the genius of American Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age.

You can read Frederick Douglass' entire speech here .

6. Abraham Lincoln, Electric Cord Speech, 1858

In this speech often titled, “Speech at Chicago, Illinois” Abraham Lincoln replies to Senator Stephen Douglas’ conception of popular sovereignty. This was a theory that argued that each new territory should be able to decide whether or not to have slavery within their borders instead of allowing the federal government to decide. Lincoln saw this as a repeal of the Missouri Compromise which kept slavery relegated to the South.

To make his case against popular sovereignty and the expansion of slavery Lincoln argues that the adopters of the Constitution decreed that slavery should not go into the new territory and that the slave trade should be cut off within twenty years by an act of Congress. “What were [these provisions] but a clear indication that the framers of the Constitution intended and expected the ultimate extinction of that institution,” Lincoln asked the crowd.

After expounding upon the evils of slavery and recent actions to preserve the institution Lincoln turns to the Declaration of Independence for support. He stated,

We hold this annual celebration to remind ourselves of all the good done in this process of time of how it was done and who did it, and how we are historically connected with it; and we go from these meetings in better humor with ourselves—we feel more attached the one to the other and more firmly bound to the country we inhabit. In every way we are better men in the age, and race, and country in which we live for these celebrations. But after we have done all this we have not yet reached the whole. There is something else connected with it. We have besides these men—descended by blood from our ancestors—among us perhaps half our people who are not descendants at all of these men, they are men who have come from Europe—German, Irish, French and Scandinavian—men that have come from Europe themselves, or whose ancestors have come hither and settled here, finding themselves our equals in all things. If they look back through this history to trace their connection with those days by blood, they find they have none, they cannot carry themselves back into that glorious epoch and make themselves feel that they are part of us, but when they look through that old Declaration of Independence they find that those old men say that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” and then they feel that that moral sentiment taught in that day evidences their relation to those men, that it is the father of all moral principle in them, and that they have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote that Declaration, (loud and long continued applause) and so they are. That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together, that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the minds of men throughout the world.

You can read the entire Electric Cord speech here .

7. Abraham Lincoln, Address in Independence Hall, February 22, 1861

On Abraham Lincoln's inaugural journey to Washington as president-elect, he stopped in Philadelphia at the site where the Declaration of Independence had been signed. There he said,

I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence. I have often pondered over the dangers which were incurred by the men who assembled here, and framed and adopted that Declaration of Independence. I have pondered over the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that Independence. I have often inquired of myself, what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is a sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence.

You can read the entire address in Independence Hall here .

8. Abraham Lincoln, Fragments on the Constitution and Union, January 1, 1861

This short selection is not part of Lincoln’s tome of public speeches. One theory is that Lincoln wrote it while composing his first inaugural address. It is noteworthy because of Lincoln’s argument that what is most important about America are the principles and ideals it was founded upon. That principle, he states, is “Liberty to all.”

The  expression  of that principle, in our Declaration of Independence, was most happy, and fortunate.  Without  this, as well as  with  it, we could have declared our independence of Great Britain; but  without  it, we could not, I think, have secured our free government, and consequent prosperity. No oppressed, people will  fight,  and  endure,  as our fathers did, without the promise of something better, than a mere change of masters. The assertion of that principle, at that time, was the word, “fitly spoken” which has proved an “apple of gold” to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was made, not to conceal, or destroy the apple; but to adorn, and preserve it. The picture was made for the apple–not the apple for the picture.

Read the entire Fragments on the Constitution and Union selection here .

9. Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

Aside from our original founding documents the Gettysburg address is perhaps the most important American creed ever written. It signifies America’s second founding or the moment our first founding more fully aligned with its own ideals. Since its decree America has begun to live in what Lincoln called “a new birth of freedom.” Here are selections from the address:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. […] It is rather for us, the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

You can read the full Gettysburg Address here .

10. Winston Churchill, “The Third Great Title-Deed of Anglo-American Liberties” July 4, 1918

Statue of Winston Churchill.

A great harmony exists between the spirit and language of the Declaration of Independence and all we are fighting for now. A similar harmony exists between the principles of that Declaration and all that the British people have wished to stand for, and have in fact achieved at last both here at home and in the self-governing Dominions of the Crown. The Declaration of Independence is not only an American document. It follows on Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights as the third great title-deed on which the liberties of the English-speaking people are founded.

Read Churchill's entire speech here .

11. Calvin Coolidge, “Speech on the 150 th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 5 1926

 Calvin Coolidge, the 30 th president of the United States, was sworn in after President Harding’s unexpected death. Harding’s administration was steeped in scandal. Coolidge is known for restoring integrity to the executive branch by rooting out corruption and being a model of integrity.

Coolidge gave his Fourth of July Speech in Philadelphia, the birthplace of our nation. There he pointed to the Liberty Bell as a great American symbol,

It is little wonder that people at home and abroad consider Independence Hall as hallowed ground and revere the Liberty Bell as a sacred relic. That pile of bricks and mortar, that mass of metal, might appear to the uninstructed as only the outgrown meeting place and the shattered bell of a former time, useless now because of more modern conveniences, but to those who know they have become consecrated by the use which men have made of them. They have long been identified with a great cause. They are the framework of a spiritual event.

Of the Declaration Coolidge stated,

It was not because it was proposed to establish a new nation, but because it was proposed to establish a nation on new principles, that July 4, 1776, has come to be regarded as one of the greatest days in history. Great ideas do not burst upon the world unannounced. They are reached by a gradual development over a length of time usually proportionate to their importance. This is especially true of the principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence. Three very definite propositions were set out in its preamble regarding the nature of mankind and therefore of government. These were the doctrine that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain inalienable rights, and that therefore the source of the just powers of government must be derived from the consent of the governed.

Of his trust in our Founding documents he said,

It is not so much, then, for the purpose of undertaking to proclaim new theories and principles that this annual celebration is maintained, but rather to reaffirm and reestablish those old theories and principles which time and the unerring logic of events have demonstrated to be sound. Amid all the clash of conflicting interests, amid all the welter of partisan politics, every American can turn for solace and consolation to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States with the assurance and confidence that those two great charters of freedom and justice remain firm and unshaken. Whatever perils appear, whatever dangers threaten, the Nation remains secure in the knowledge that the ultimate application of the law of the land will provide an adequate defense and protection.

Read Coolidge's full speech here .

12. John F. Kennedy, “Some Elements of the American Character” July 4, 1946

John F. Kennedy gave this speech as a candidate for Congress. In it he offers a robust defense of America’s founding. He lauds America’s religious character and derides the theory that America’s founders were concerned purely with economic interests. He explicitly states,

In recent years, the existence of this element in the American character has been challenged by those who seek to give an economic interpretation to American history. They seek to destroy our faith in our past so that they may guide our future. These cynics are wrong…

 Kennedy instead argues,

In Revolutionary times, the cry "No taxation without representation" was not an economic complaint. Rather, it was directly traceable to the eminently fair and just principle that no sovereign power has the right to govern without the consent of the governed. Anything short of that was tyranny. It was against this tyranny that the colonists "fired the shot heard 'round the world."

Kennedy then espouses a political theory of the American founding that relies on natural rights, 

The American Constitution has set down for all men to see the essentially Christian and American principle that there are certain rights held by every man which no government and no majority, however powerful, can deny. Conceived in Grecian thought, strengthened by Christian morality, and stamped indelibly into American political philosophy, the right of the individual against the State is the keystone of our Constitution. Each man is free.

You can read John F. Kennedy's full speech here .

13. Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream” 1963

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech” is another great cry from another great man declaring that America was not living up to its founding principles.

King begins his speech by harkening back to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. He states, “This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.” Yet, he argues, 100 years later black men and women are still not free. To right this wrong, he points to the Declaration,

In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

King refused to believe that there was no hope. He said,

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

King’s dream inspired a nation to live up to its ideals. His beautiful words have become iconic,

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

 You can read and listen to "I Have a Dream" in full here .

14. Martin Luther King Jr. “The American Dream” Sermon Delivered at Ebenezar Baptist Church” July 4, 1965

In this sermon delivered on July 4, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. locates the substance of the American dream within the Declaration of Independence. About the statement, “All men are created equal,” King states, “The first saying we notice in this dream is an amazing universalism. It doesn’t say “some men,” it says “all men.”

King goes on to explain to the congregation what separates the United States from other nations around the world.

 Then that dream goes on to say another thing that ultimately distinguishes our nation and our form of government from any totalitarian system in the world. It says that each of us has certain basic rights that are neither derived from or conferred by the state.

As the source of these inalienable rights King points to the fact that they are God-given. “Never before in the history of the world has a sociopolitical document expressed in such profound, eloquent, and unequivocal language the dignity and the worth of human personality,” he said.

King goes on to point out that America has not lived up to this dream. He describes America as being “divided against herself.” He argues that America cannot afford an “anemic democracy.”

He however professed hope that this dream will challenge America to remember her “noble capacity for justice and love and brotherhood.” He further challenged America to respect the “dignity and worth of all human personality” and to live up to the ideal that “all men are created equal.”

King clarifies that equality does not mean that every musician is a Mozart or every philosopher an Aristotle, but that all men are “equal in intrinsic worth.” He points to the Biblical concept of imago dei . He states, “[T]are no gradations in the image of God. Every man from a treble white to a bass black is significant on God’s keyboard, precisely because every man is made in the image of God. He ends his sermon with these powerful words,

We have a dream. It started way back in 1776, and God grant that America will be true to her dream. I still have a dream this morning that truth will reign supreme and all of God’s children will respect the dignity and worth of human personality. And when this day comes the morning stars will sing together and the sons of God will shout for joy.

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s full sermon here .

15. Ronald Reagan, “Address to the Nation on Independence Day” July 4, 1986

Statue of Ronald Reagan.

In this speech Reagan recalls the moment of the signing of the Declaration,

Fifty-six men came forward to sign the parchment. It was noted at the time that they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honors. And that was more than rhetoric; each of those men knew the penalty for high treason to the Crown. ``We must all hang together,'' Benjamin Franklin said, ``or, assuredly, we will all hang separately.'' And John Hancock, it is said, wrote his signature in large script so King George could see it without his spectacles. They were brave. They stayed brave through all the bloodshed of the coming years. Their courage created a nation built on a universal claim to human dignity, on the proposition that every man, woman, and child had a right to a future of freedom.

Reagan also talked about the beautiful friendship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. He noted how they died on the same day, July 4 th , exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It was their first gift to us, Reagan said.

My fellow Americans, it falls to us to keep faith with them and all the great Americans of our past. Believe me, if there's one impression I carry with me after the privilege of holding for 5 ½ years the office held by Adams and Jefferson and Lincoln, it is this: that the things that unite us -- America's past of which we're so proud, our hopes and aspirations for the future of the world and this much-loved country -- these things far outweigh what little divides us. And so tonight we reaffirm that Jew and gentile, we are one nation under God; that black and white, we are one nation indivisible; that Republican and Democrat, we are all Americans. Tonight, with heart and hand, through whatever trial and travail, we pledge ourselves to each other and to the cause of human freedom, the cause that has given light to this land and hope to the world.

You can watch Ronald Reagan's speech here or read Reagan's speech here .

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Independence Day Speech in English for Students

Independence day speech in english.

Independence Day Speech – We celebrate Independence Day as the national festival of India. The Day marks the anniversary of national independence from the British Empire on 15th august 1947.

Furthermore, it is the most auspicious day for the people of India because India becomes independent after lots of hardships and sacrifices of the brave Indian freedom fighters.

From that day onwards 15th August become a very important day in Indian history and in the hearts of every Indian. Also, the entire nation celebrates this day with the full spirit of patriotism.

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After the independence, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was chosen as the first Prime Minister of India. Moreover, he unfurled our tricolor flag at the Red Fort in the national capital, New Delhi for the first time.

From there onwards, every year we celebrate Independence Day at Red Fort New Delhi. In addition, the army performs many tasks that also include a march past cultural programs by school students.

In addition, we celebrate Independence Day to remember the lives that we sacrificed to gain this freedom. As they are the ones who struggled for our country. Furthermore, on his day we forget our differences and unites as one true nation should.

Importance of Independence Day Celebration

We celebrate Independence Day on a vast scale in our country. Also, every government building is decorated with tricolor lights that orange, white, and green just like the national flag.

Furthermore, every official and office staff whether private or government has to be present in the office for the flag hoisting ceremony and singing our National Anthem. Besides, there is a lot of other reasons to celebrate our independence day.

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Honor the Memory of our Freedom Fighters

Freedom fighters struggled to make our country free from the Britishers. In addition, they were the ones who sacrificed their lives for the country. On this day every citizen of our country pays tribute to them.

Furthermore, the schools and colleges organize various functions to celebrate our independence and to pay tribute to these freedom fighters. Also, students perform in these programs that depict the struggle of our freedom fighters.

In schools and colleges, students give solo and duet performances of patriotic songs. These songs fill our hearts with a feeling of patriotism and love for our country. Usually, in offices, it is a non-working day but all the staff and officials gather to express their patriotism for the country.

In addition, at various offices, employees deliver speeches to enlighten people about the freedom struggle. Also, about the efforts of our freedom fighters to make this country an independent nation.

To spark the spirit of patriotism in youth

The youth of our country has the power to change the nation. By means, someone rightly said that the future hinge on to the young generation. Hence it becomes our duty to serve the nation and make every possible effort to make our county better.

One of the main motives for celebrating Independence Day is to make the young generation aware of the sacrifices we have made to make this country a better place for them.

Most noteworthy, it tells them how our country got independence from the grasps of the Britishers. And about the sacrifices, our freedom fighter has made for the country. Also, we do it to make our children aware of the history of our country.

Furthermore, it makes them aware of the development that took place in the past years. Consequently, to make them serious about our future and careers which they put forth to make our country better.

To sum it up, gaining independence from Britishers was not easy. And it’s because of the struggle and hardship of our freedom fighter that we now live in a free country. On Independence Day we remember the long battle that our freedom fighters fought and sacrifices that they have made.

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This essay provides insights on Independence Day Speech in English which covers short and long speech that are useful for today's younger generation of India to invoke patriotism and nationalism.

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Independence Day Speech

The path to independence requires sacrifice and determination. As students, it is your responsibility to make the most of the opportunities you have as a way to honour those sacrifices. This year on 15th August 2023, India is celebrating 76 years of freedom from British colonial rule and rejoices in the liberty attained as ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav 2023’. Institutions, Schools and colleges gear up to commemorate this day with the theme, ‘Nation First, Always First’ for this year. Although there is so much to talk about our independence and the struggles faced by our freedom fighters, we have penned down important highlights on how the 77th Independence Day speech in English should be delivered in a genuine manner.

Independence Day Speech in English

Independence Day serves as a reminder that despite our differences in culture, language, and tradition, we are all one nation. This year ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav 2023’ is planned to be celebrated with great zeal. Kids and children get dressed up as famous leaders and freedom fighters to give speeches on this great day. The speech should focus on highlighting and covering all important points regarding the independence of India, the freedom struggle, great leaders and much more. In this essay, we have provided a few examples of how a thought-provoking Independence Day speech can be framed and delivered effectively in front of a huge crowd.

PM Narendra Modi’s address the nation with his Independence Day Speech at Red Fort, New Delhi. He wishes the nation for 77th Independance Day and shares his commendable thoughts. Read complete PM Narendra Modi’s 15th August Speech .

Importance of Indian Independence Day Speech

Independence Day is celebrated on 15th August every year , the day India attained freedom from about 200 years of British colonial rule. This special day is not just a celebration of the past but it upholds the spirits of liberty and democracy for the years to come and instigates patriotic fervour in every Indian’s heart and mind. To remember all those sacrifices and struggles of our famous leaders, the citizens of India gather themselves to hoist the flag, take part in cultural events and deliver speeches on Independence Day. To encourage the younger generation of India, who grow as responsible citizens in the future, children are asked to deliver an Indian Independence Day Speech in English on topics related to Indian independence, freedom struggle, patriotism, freedom fighters of India , I love India, etc.

PM Narendra Modi’s Independence Day Speech

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Samples of 15 August Speech in English

Below are a few samples we have provided that kids, students and youngsters can refer to before preparing for a productive speech in English. Children can read this passage and take some key points to present an inspiring speech to the audience. The short Independence Day Speech in English guide primary level students to prepare a short and simple yet meaningful speech. The sample of the long 15 August Speech in English we have provided covers much more important information on all aspects of the freedom struggle. Students are advised to go through the samples for Speeches on Independence Day carefully.

Sample 1- Short Indian Independence Day Speech in English for Kids

Good morning everyone!

Good morning and Happy 77th Independence Day to My respected teachers and dear friends.

Today as we celebrate 77th Independence Day, we should feel proud to be a part of an Independent nation where we have freedom of speech, and freedom to live life in our own way.

India achieved independence on 15th August 1947, it is the day India became free from Britishers rule for almost 200 years and after a continuous struggle by our freedom fighters.

On this day, the national flag was unfurled and hoisted on Red Fort Delhi by our first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Since then we are celebrating Independence Day every year in every government department, school, and college.

So, today on this special day let’s take the pledge and make a promise to ourselves that we will always protect our country, by maintaining brotherhood, helping everyone, and educating ourselves.

At last, I again wish you all a happy independence day and hope together we can build a wonderful nation.

Sample 2- Indian Independence Day Speech in English for Youngsters

Good Morning my dear citizens of India!

We all have gathered here to celebrate the zeal of the 77th anniversary of Independence Day. Best wishes to everyone and special thanks to everyone for providing me with an opportunity to address everyone on this special day to deliver a patriotic and meaningful speech.

As we all know the 15th of August in 1947 is an important day in Indian History, a day of honour and pride for every Indian Citizen. It is the day when our India got its freedom from almost 200 years of British reign. So, what is actually ‘Freedom’ from British rule? Freedom literally means attaining liberty, for India, it means the day the nation became free or relieved from the dominant British rule and attained Independence.

Several revolutionists and freedom fighters sacrificed their lives to free our nation from the miserable British Empire. We all should be proud and fortunate that our history has got so many revolutionists, freedom fighters and leaders who have not only uprooted Britishers from Indian soil but also saved the future generation to promote the growth and development of India, its culture and heritage.

Right from the year of Independence, 1947 from the current year, the Nation is making progress in each and every sector such as sports, education, technology, and military powers. The president and leaders of other Nations also proudly speak about India’s fame and power as a democratic nation and emerging developed Nation. The military power of India today is so impressive that it serves as a model for other nations around the globe, and no nation dares to look directly at India. Our Indian army is so brave that they are continuously fighting on borders in order to protect our country from any terrorist group.

To conclude, all that can be said is the freedom we enjoy today is priceless and it is the duty of every Indian citizen to preserve this Independence of our Nation. So we should never fail to value this freedom and preserve it wholeheartedly.

Let’s all take pride in uttering,

Jai Hind! Vande Mataram!

Independence Day Speech in Hindi

Freedom Fighters of India who Fought for Independence of India

77th Independence Day Speech in English-Tips to Follow

To deliver an effective 15 August Speech in English, school and college students should follow all the important tips mentioned below:

  • Know  Your Audience- You can prepare your speech and modify them to put forth the words in a better way depending on your audience.
  • Practice makes a man Perfect- Practicing the speech several times improves confidence and helps you rectify some errors.
  • Researching on topics- Make sure you do proper research on the topic you choose so that you deliver a relevant and accurate speech.
  • Highlight some facts – Adding actual facts to your speech makes it more interesting and the audience tends to give their ears more on what is conveyed.
  • Avoid lengthy topics – Make the speech crisp, short and simple and topics are also chosen accordingly.
  • Include Freedom Fighters- Talk more about freedom fighters and how they sacrificed their lives and fought for the nation to get independence.

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Independence Day Speech in English-FAQs

Q1. what is the importance of independence day speech in english.

Ans. As a mark of remembrance of freedom struggle and freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives, younger generation of India, who grow as responsible citizens in the future, children are asked to deliver independence day speeches in English on topics related to Indian independence, freedom struggle, patriotism, freedom fighters of India, I love India, etc.,

Q2. What covers in Indian Independence Day Speech in English for Kids?

Ans. The short Independence Day Speech in English guide primary level students to prepare a short and simple yet meaningful speech on India's independence, freedom fighters and future India.

Q3. What are the tips to be followed to deliver effective 15 August Speech in English for kids and students?

Ans. The tips to be followed to deliver effective 15 August Speech in English are to know about audience crowd, practice speech to improve your confidence while facing audience crowd, doing proper research on topic you have chosen, cut-short the speech and make it simple, relevant and accurate, talking more about freedom fighters.

Q4. Which anniversary of Independence India is celebrating this year?

Ans. India is celebrating its 77th Independence Day anniversary this 15th August 2023.

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Independence Day Speech: For Students | 1 Minute Speech | Short speech for 15th August

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Independence Day is the national festival of India observed on the 15th of August, and we celebrate it with great enthusiasm and patriotism. This year, we will be celebrating our 77th Independence Day. On this day, we honour the memory of the great warriors and freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives to make India an independent nation.  

As India’s 78th independence day is approaching the teachers often ask students to prepare a speech for the auspicious day. If you are the one who is also looking for ideas to come up with an impressive speech, then you are on the right page.

Here readers will get various samples of the speech which will help them to win the hearts of their audiences. Along with the speech, we have also shared some important tips and formats to ace it by engaging the audience.  

Independence Day Speech

Short (10 lines) Independence Day Speech

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Here in this section, you will find a short speech of 10 lines for kids. By this, they can easily get an insight into Independence Day and its importance.

  • India got independence on 15th August 1947 from British Rule.
  • Before Independence India was a British colony and during that period our people suffered a lot and sacrificed their lives.
  • People born after independence must feel proud as they are fortunate to be born in an independent India. Therefore, they must acknowledge the sacrifice of our freedom fighters.
  • After independence, we got our own constitution and are able to enjoy our fundamental rights.
  • We should all be proud to be Indian and admire our fortune to have been born in the land of Independent India.
  • From 1857 to 1947, history has noticed several revolutions and sacrifices of our great leaders and freedom fighters.
  • We should not forget the sacrifices of all the freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Chandra Sekhar Azad, and millions of others whose names are not even known but they fought to make India free from the colonial rule of Britishers.
  • We should remember the teachings of freedom fighters like Gandhiji’s non-violence philosophy and should follow it in our lives.
  • On this auspicious occasion of Independence Day National Flag is unfurled and the national anthem is recited by the people across the country.

Check Also:- Independence Day Speech In Hindi

1 Minute Independence Day Speech

1 Minute Independence Day speech: India celebrates Independence Day every year on 15 August, when British rule ended in 1947. It is a national holiday. Every year, the prime minister hoisted the national flag at Red Fort. Schools and Colleges celebrate this day by delivering speeches, patriotic songs, and many more. This 1 minute Independence Day speech will give you an idea of how to write the speech.

How to write a good speech ?

  • Introduce yourself
  • Structure your speech
  • Avoid long sentence
  • Focus on topic
  • Look at the audience
  • End the speech with a poem or idioms

1 minute Independence Day speech

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; where the knowledge is free, where the world has not been broken up into fragments but narrow domestic walls; where the world come out from the depth of truth; where tireless striving stretches its arms toward perfection; where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action into that heaven of freedom, my father let my country awake”

Greetings everyone,

Today we all are gathered here to celebrate the 78th Independence Day of India and give tribute to our freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for us. We cannot understand the pain of being enslaved. We are living in peace because they sacrificed themselves for our independence. Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, and many others devoted their whole lives to free our country from British rule. The fight for independence started in 1857 which result in the mass movement of Indians in 1885. Then Mahatma Gandhi came forward and many more to fight.

So, let’s try to remember our achievements after independence. After the day of Independence, India gave the right to vote to every grown-up. The Railway network was nationalized in 1951 and now it is one of the world’s largest railway networks. India took its first election in 1951, making Jawahar Lal Nehru the first prime minister of India . In 1983, India won its first world cup. In 2008, India won its first gold medal at the Olympics games. We can say that India is only going forward and forward.

Today, we have the freedom to follow the Right to Education, Right to speak, and many more. Our country is one of the largest democracies in the world. India is one of the largest countries in the world of doctors, engineers, and Scientists. We’ve come a long way after independence.

Our free fighters have also taught us some lifelong lessons.

Take a stand for what you trust in – If Mahatma Gandhi wouldn’t take a stand for us or if Bhagat wouldn’t spoken for us, where we would’ve been? So do not be afraid to speak. Do not hesitate to take a stand, if you think something is wrong.

Change starts from you – Don’t ask or wait for change. Things will only change when you’ll start changing. If you think that your colony should be clean, then start by cleaning your room.

Dreaming- If our freedom fighters have dreamed of an independent India, that is the reason why they were able to achieve it. Never stop dreaming because if you stop dreaming, you stop living.

So, today on the occasion of Independence Day, let’s make a promise to ourselves that we will always protect our country, by maintaining brotherhood, helping everyone, and educating ourselves. Now, I would like to finish my Independence Day speech with a few lines

Thank you. Happy Independence Day !!!!

We hope that you like our 1-minute Independence Day speech. Now the next Speech for Independence Day .

Short Independence Day Speech 15 August

India is known as one of the most powerful countries in the world but still, people’s love for their country doesn’t keep them away from celebrating their Independence Day. Citizens celebrate the day by remembering the freedom fighters with full energy, dedication, and love for the country. Schools and Colleges celebrate this day by organizing dances, choruses, and speeches so if you want a short Independence Day speech within 500 words this article can help you.

Let’s get started with the Short Independence Day Speech below:

“ab bhi jiska khoon na khaula, khoon nahi voh paani hain….jo desh ke kaam naa aaye vo bekaar jawani hain …” This dialogue from ‘Rang De Basanti’ gives goosebumps to listeners but it suits those fighters who sacrificed their lives for us. Exactly 74 years ago i.e. 15th August 1947, our country got freedom from British rule. Freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh, Mahatma Gandhi, Rani Laxmi Bai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, and so on.

  • Bhagat Singh : 22-year-old boy who left his family, perfect job, and decided to become a freedom fighter along with his friends Rajguru and Sukhdev.
  • Mahatma Gandhi : left his perfect household life and started the Satyagraha Movement, Dandi March.
  • Rani Laxmi Bai : “Khubh Ladi Mardaani thi voh to Jhansi wali Rani thi” who fought with Britisher carrying her son on her back till her last breath.
  • Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel: Known as ‘Iron Man of India’ made India a united country and help traders, people by dividing parts of the country into different states.

Every year Red Fort is ornamented with flowers along with its podium, stairs, marching ground, and seats for guests are arranged. Prime Minister hoists National Flag with National Anthem “Janna Ganna Manna” and addresses the nation by sharing the achievements done by the government via different schemes, and acts in previous years and also promises to make his country number one in the whole world. After the speech, 21 gunshots were fired in honour of remembering freedom fighters. Armed Forces ( Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, and Indian Army ), Motorcycle troops, and the parade are conducted on Red Fort where they salute National Flag. At last, Prime Minister greets students, and teachers who attend the function by letting go of balloons in the air.

At the same time, CM’s of states hoist National Flag and attend parades prepared by the people and appreciate them. Many government and non-government institutions also hoist flags in their offices. Schools, and colleges decorate their classrooms, and halls with drawings of freedom fighters, writing poems, and decorating walls with balloons and art. Students also prepare parades, dance performances, choruses, and speeches. Not only in India but also in foreign countries Indians celebrate the day by distributing sweets and by singing the National Anthem. At borders, soldiers hoist the National Flag, sing, and dance to patriotic songs. They feel proud because citizens trust them and easily sleep at home.

Even today also, we have many soldiers who leave their luxurious life to protect our nation and us. For the sake of their country, they decide to join the army whether it’s Armed Forces, Navy, BSF, Commandos or Para-armed forces. Without informing their loved one they go to missions with no idea whether they will come back alive or wrapped in National Flag. Many wars took place whether it was the Kargil War, India- China War, violating the rules of the Line of Control (LOC), URI attacks, Pulwama attack but every time our forces prove their enemy that now they are not going to compromise or give any type of mercy.

Independence Day Speech In English by Student (1500 word long speech)

Good morning everyone,

My respected teachers and dear friends,

[ INTRODUCTION]

On the tantalizing morning of this holy day, with patriotic fervour and pride, on 15th August, each Indian fills his heart with immense respect and love for his motherland. Being the sons of India, each year on this day, one unfolds the hues of saffron, pure white, and divine green with salutes and tribute. Past back it was on this day in 1947, that Indian independence, along with its government, came into being. On this very day, the Indian Independence Act was finally declared in this Nation. Unrolling the Indian Tricolour in the nation‘s capital, our leaders made beautiful memories with vibrant radiating love for the nation.

The independence that is freedom is that of a state in which its inhabitants or population or some portion thereof, excise self-government and sovereignty over the society. It is the sort of self-determination that focuses on exercising its power over the population, definite territory, self-ruling government, and trying to be self-reliant. In short, it will be a self-sufficient state with affairs that will be settled by themselves and without any interference.

Reminiscent of this pious day, India declared itself to be independent in all respects and was freed from the shackles of British imperialism. A struggle of about 200 years, with submission, begging for mercy, and hope – a hope to live each day like a free bird, hope to win through all the battles, and finally, a hope to visualize the dawn of a rising sun in the nation has led India to learn how to fight back for every situation which comes across to stop her. If you try to estimate the strength of India and its women, you get to see that it equals living with the pain of dipping a tea bag in a cup of hot tea.

[ SIGNIFICANCE OF INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE]

The history of India and its independence is an epic in the freedom fight and a challenge to destiny. With the beginning of a new era, each year India tries to unfold itself with vibrant hues of pomp, progress, and perseverance. Diving deep into the reels of India’s history, we get to see how our freedom fighters and the sons of India fought for winning the battle and envisioned rising India to be an independent nation.

Their invaluable sacrifices led us to live today in a civilized state with each night sleeping comfortably on our bed. It is an inspiration to all our youth to have the courage and religiously celebrate the pride of being born in this country. The echoes of the patriotic songs make the ambience of this day remould India a unique identity.

With the unfurling of the tricolour, Bharat Mata is secured from the clutches of the East India Company and the British rule and what remains is our unity – ultimate strength with diversity. Being a nation with different cultures and inspired by the footprints of great men, like Babu and Netaji, India seems to rule and understand every situation it thinks to handle itself with appropriate methods of being an extremist or an assertive one. The elixir of equality and justice, which our leaders have spread across the country, seems to be the biggest phenomenon that India could ever face.

[ INSPIRATION TO THE YOUTH ]

As the youth of the nation, it is our prime responsibility to sacrifice ourselves in contributing to our mother India. On this very day, we should pay a heartfelt tribute to the millions of martyrs of Mother India. The brave souls and the valiant soldiers, armed forces, and our police, as well as our security forces who have engaged their life in contributing to and safeguarding our mother nation, should be rewarded for their rigorous reparations.

Securing its full autonomy from the colonialists, this day captures Immense significance in the core of the Indian citizens living in any corner of this world. Holding it to be a national holiday, this day seems to have an ambience of hoisting the national flag at all institutions as well as in our homes, the exhibition of the various art forms representing the tricolour, arrangement of various cultural programs as a tribute along with the synchronizing memories of the partition of India.

Past back on 15 August 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, our former prime minister of India, unfurled the tri-coloured flag in New Delhi, the capital of India, at the Lahori Gate located in the Red Fort. Not only our freedom fighters but also our father of the nation that is Bapu Ji had fasted in Calcutta and was living a life of a perfect saint with the promotion of khadi and devoted his time to prayers and revolting against hatred.

Once upon a time, India was termed to be Spiceland, the place to be famous for its spices and masalas. With abundant resources and minerals, India was once termed to be the most attractive country in the world. When the British arrived and present India in their shackles, they began to misuse all the resources and started to collect all these valuable materials back to their country. Not only did they manipulate the rules but also started to force ownership on India and its policies. They work according to their whims and fancies and started implementing the divide-and-rule policy which shattered India into two parts.

[ FINAL MESSAGE AND TRIBUTE TO THE MATRYS ]

Parades are organized each year to pay tribute to all freedom fighters and to Armed Forces who each day protect us and secure us from antagonists. Therefore, it is on the 15th of August each year when we remember that being the citizens of India it is our prime responsibility to uphold the virtues of a nation, stand for a nation, be for the nation, and be of the nation. The youth who are the pillars to uphold the virtues of tolerance, love, peace should have a fellow feeling amongst the people and should have a warmblood to fight for our country. Each one of us should be inspired to look for Swadeshi outfits and cater to the fraternity and freedom of speech that our country has given us the right to. The fundamental rights of India and its directive principles have always inspired us to be proud to be Indian.

Freedom is the most loving aspect of this era. It is something which we pine for. On this Auspicious day of Independence, we all the sons of mother India fight to win because we don’t have runner-ups on the battlefield. Let’s salute the martyrs who have let her flag flow high in the saffron and prosperous green hues.

“If your blood doesn’t rage then it is water flowing in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland”- Chandra Shekhar Azad.

[ TOKEN OF THANKS AND CONCLUSION ]

At last, I would like to end my speech with a note of gratefulness and a bunch of thank you. Gifting our country with a resplendent morning and paving the path for its independence and some who became the epitome of simplicity, humility, and wisdom, I pay tribute to all the noble personalities on this religious day.

Not forgetting the khadi man of India who once brought in the satyagraha with some others who brought in the seraphic ideologies of Swaraj of the masses has led this day to be the most memorable one in each year. Be their footprints keep on guiding us in creating an incredible and prosperous India ahead and each day blooming in it to make a better place to live in. Thank you!

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Independence Day is a historic day in our lives as Indians and is also one of those special occasions celebrated across the country. Therefore, such occasions call for welcome speeches. Preparing a welcome speech for Independence Day is not a task as the one who writes can transport their emotions to the body of the text. However, still, we have comprehensively covered welcome speeches on Independence Day so that you remain better informed on the subject and know a little bit more about the history through the medium of these speeches. Independence Day Welcome Speech.

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Greetings, everyone! Welcome to our Independence Day festivities. Today, we come together to pay tribute to our ancestors’ sacrifices and dedication to securing our freedom. As we hoist the flag and sing our national anthem, let’s recall the strength that stems from our unity and diversity.

On this special day, let’s celebrate with pride, honoring the sacrifices of our ancestors. Let’s unite as a nation to create a better tomorrow. Raise our tricolor flag, sing our national anthem with honor. Happy Independence Day to everyone.

Long and Short Welcome Speech for Independence Day in English

We have provided below both short and long welcome speeches on Independence Day. The following Independence Day welcome speech was written in simple language to convey the information easily.

Also, all the vital facts on Independence Day have been covered in the welcome speeches. Every incident around Independence Day, circumstances leading to Independence Day, and Independence Day celebration in schools, colleges, houses, and offices have been appropriately covered in the speeches.

These speeches will tremendously help you to recite a welcome speech on the occasion of Independence Day.

Independence Day Welcome Speech 1

Hon’ble Principal, Vice Principal, Teachers, and My Dear Friends – Warm Greetings to you all!

As you all know that we have gathered today to celebrate this big national event – the Independence Day of India. This day is the most auspicious in our nation’s history as it won back its freedom after many years of relentless struggle by our great freedom fighters.

Therefore, the momentous day, i.e., 15th August in 1947, was a golden moment in Indian history, the remembrance of which fills every Indian with a feeling of patriotism and comradeship, as we all feel bound by a common thread of nationalism. This day is celebrated with an equal amount of zeal and passion. The great freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives in the independence struggle are remembered with a lot of reverence, and jawans (soldiers) who lost their lives on the battlefield are paid homage.

Therefore, I – Sarthak Pandey, from Standard XI (A), would want all of you to observe silence in the memory of our shaheed (martyred) jawans and vow to never let their sacrifice for protecting our country go waste. Their families are our families and, therefore, our responsibilities, so we should try to support them in whatever way we can. Only then will it be a real celebration of Independence Day. We can’t experience the painful journey of our freedom fighters by staying within our comfort zones.

But what we can do is build a strong nation from within through our good deeds and social acts. We should not only live for ourselves but for others as well. Only then will it be a peaceful coexistence. Always remember that this freedom is won after the sacrifice of many people and several decades of struggle for over a century.

I hope you all remember the great Indian soldier i.e., Mangal Pandey, in the British armed forces. He is credited with initiating the first revolt to overthrow British Rule, known as the “Revolt of 1857”. Later on, several freedom fighters joined the battlefield and spent their whole lives only achieving independence. It is impossible to brush aside the sacrifices made by Chandra Shekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, and Khudi Ram Bose, who died early to free the nation from the chains of slavery. Then we cannot forget the struggles of Gandhiji and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

Now that we live and breathe in an Independent India, we should not take this freedom for granted and sincerely shoulder the responsibilities of our country and be ready to handle any national emergency or other issues.

This is all from my side, and now may I invite our respected principal on stage to address students and kick start the day’s events.

Thank you, everyone, for being such a patient listener. I am sure you all would have a wonderful time with us.

Independence Day Welcome Speech 2

Warm Greetings of the Day Everyone – I hope this day finds you in the best of spirits!

I, Sourabh Chabra – the assistant manager of the ABC Group, welcome everyone to the Independence Day celebration in our office while giving a special mention to our board of directors and managers for taking their valuable time out and becoming a part of this celebration. Before we begin today’s events, I want to give a brief speech on Independence Day. As we all know that there are some colleagues from outside our country, it becomes our responsibility to familiarize them with our culture and tradition and most importantly with such days which are of great national importance.

Today, I feel incredibly proud of hosting this great day, and words will fall short of describing the sense of joy that I feel while standing here on the podium in front of you all. We should consider ourselves fortunate to live in an independent India as its citizen. We should also thank our predecessors and never forget their sacrifice in the Indian freedom struggle. We should pray to the lord to give us the strength and courage to dedicate our lives to the service of our country.

For this, we are not expected to fight on borders only; we can become the responsible citizen of our country by doing social service, i.e., helping our fellow countrymen in their noble pursuits, serving mankind, by contributing to the economic and social growth of our country, by helping eradicate social evils, such as poverty, corruption, marginalization of women, etc. from our country.

So let us not waste the sacrifice of our forefathers and wisely utilize the resources of our country to bring it to the top of the list of the world’s developed countries. Let’s also understand the importance of our national flag, Tiranga Jhanda .

On this day, the national flag of India is hoisted in different state capitals and union territories by various political leaders who also deliver a speech on Independence Day. We also sing desh bhakti (patriotic) songs which fill us with nationalistic fervor. Interestingly, various dramas and stage plays are enacted on this day, giving a vivid enactment of the Independence Day struggle and the bravery of our martyrs.

So this day is not only about bringing family and friends together and enjoying the shows on television, but it’s also a day to remember all the great souls who have made us live the dream of an Independent India. This day is very special because we forget our differences of caste and creed as well other political discrepancies and come together to revel in the glory of our nation.

Let’s celebrate this day together, leaving all our professional competencies and differences behind. Cheers to this day and Jai Hind, Jai Bharat!

Independence Day Welcome Speech 3

Hello Everyone – I hope you all are doing well!

A warm welcome to the Independence Day Celebration in our ……. society clubhouse! I, Abhishek Tripathi, the secretary of our society, feel extremely glad to see all of you gathered for the celebration today. I hope you all are equally excited as much as I am.

But before we kick start the celebration, please allow me to deliver a short speech on the importance of this day. Our children need to realize the importance of such days, which are of great national importance. I feel that in the present times, our children are moving towards modernization so much that they are diverting from their roots and, at times, fail to realize that they are slowly and gradually becoming detached from everything that has given them their identity. They are adopting western culture and lifestyle so much that they cannot embrace the rich cultural civilization of their native land.

So it’s a humble request to all the parents and even children to trace our nation’s history and find out how our great freedom fighters fought the battle with the Britishers who had once had a sweeping influence over our lives. Recollecting their memories and acknowledging their great contribution to the freedom movement will mean paying homage to them in the true sense of the term. Also, we should understand that this freedom is hard-won and must be preserved at all costs. As a nation, we should stand united and never let the differences crop in so much between us cultural, geographical, and political differences that the outsiders start taking advantage of us. Instead of progressing, we begin facing a steep decline.

Children, please understand that we can serve our nation in ways more than one. We don’t necessarily have to become a soldier or fight on the battlefield to be truly called the son/daughter of the nation. We can do that by being the best in whatever we do. For instance, if anyone among you becomes a doctor, your responsibility would be to serve mankind in the best manner possible. It is also very important to sometimes work selflessly and help uplift the weaker section of society, so if you have to attend to a patient who cannot afford expensive medicines or treatment, your job would be to give them medical treatment free of cost.

I hope the message I want to convey through my speech is loud and clear, and I am sure everyone in the audience will support my point of view. We all live for ourselves, but to make our lives mean, we should sometimes live for others. Only then would we be able to make our lives worth it.

This is all for today, and now may we begin with today’s performances.

Thank you and Jai Hind!

Independence Day Welcome Speech 4

Respected Principal, Vice Principal, Guest of Honor, Teachers, and My Dear Students – Warm Welcome to Everyone!

I, Sormishtha Panja, Class–XII (B) class teacher, wish everyone a Happy Independence Day. This is the 77th Independence Day, and the day is etched on our minds with a strong impression. After all, how can we forget the sacrifice of our great freedom fighters, who had put up a brave front in front of the British army and did not give up at any cost? 15th August 1947 was a moment of great pride and national glory for all the Indians.

Therefore, on this auspicious occasion, when India became free from bondage and emerged as an independent nation, we must recall the sacrifice of our Indian leaders, such as Mahatma Gandhi Ji and Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sarojini Naidu, and others. They fought selflessly for their motherland and put at stake everything they had, such as their lives, their families, etc. Then how can we forget their sacrifice so easily and take this freedom for granted?

This day is, therefore, not only celebrated because India became free but also to commemorate the memories of our great freedom fighters. On the eve of this historical day, i.e., 15th August 1947, our first Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, addressed the Parliament and gave his first most famous speech, i.e., “Tryst with Destiny,” proclaiming the freedom of our country at midnight. This proclamation uplifted the spirit of our countrymen as India was, at last, living its dream of a free nation, free from domination and oppression under the rule of the Britishers. It was a great historic day as our country at last managed to shake off the shackles of foreign rule and become an independent nation. It was, of course, the night of merriment all across the country.

However, when you gain something, on the one hand, you lose another thing on the other. Owing to the rising disparities between the Muslim and Hindu communities, the demand for a new Muslim nation gained stronger ground. Sindh and Punjab were divided into the northwest province of India to give birth to a new nation. The formation of Pakistan took place on the 14th of August; hence they celebrate Independence Day on that very day itself.

To celebrate 15th August, an official ceremony is organized at the Red Fort, situated in the national capital. Our Hon’ble prime minister hoists the Tiranga Jhanda at the Red Fort to pay homage to our motherland and honor the freedom won by our brave freedom fighters. The speech of our prime minister is the major highlight of the day. Patriotic songs are sung by our children in their schools and colleges and at workplaces by their colleagues.

So everyone, let us also, without any further ado, kick start the celebration and cheer for our participants.

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Today at Rev on the 4th of July we’d like to honor one of the greatest fake presidents of all time, who gave one of the greatest fake presidential speeches of all time, on the greatest fake Independence Day of all time. Happy 4th of July Bill Pullman, aka President Thomas J. Whitmore!

President Whitmore: ( 00:00 ) Good morning. Good morning. In less than an hour aircrafts from here will join others from around the world and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind.

President Whitmore: ( 00:22 ) Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. Perhaps it’s fate that today is the 4th of July and you will once again be fighting for our freedom not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution but from annihilation.

President Whitmore: ( 00:56 ) We’re fighting for our right to live, to exist, and should we win today the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday but as the day when the world declared in one voice,

President Whitmore: ( 01:14 ) “We will not go quietly into the night. We will not vanish without a fight. We’re going to live on. We’re going to survive. Today we celebrate our Independence Day!”

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Long Independence Day Speech

Good morning. Welcome to our school's Independence Day celebration. On this day of national celebration, we should all be pleased to be Indians. Since India is an independent country, we are free to exercise all of our rights, including the freedom of expression and education. We lived under the control of the British government for approximately 200 years. They tormented us, ruined our assets, and treated us like slaves. But after all the battles, Indians continued to fight for their independence and rights with the support of our liberation fighters. On August 15, 1947, India attained its long-awaited independence from British domination. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru raised the Indian flag for the first time atop the Red Fort. Since then, the entire country of India observes Independence Day. India used to be rich in resources. India was renowned for having the largest market for spices in the world, and we had plenty of minerals. These motivations led the British government to invade India and seize control of its riches since, in the beginning, deceiving Indians was simple.The nation fell under the dominion of the British people after the adoption of several policies. They started tormenting us and making us their property. They sparked disputes among Indians by employing a divide and conquer strategy. This day is filled with a wide range of emotions; it makes us appreciate and love the freedom we enjoy today by serving as a constant reminder of the suffering of slavery, the power of unity, the meaning of sacrifice, and the fact that certain conflicts can be won without the use of force. As proud citizens of this nation, it is our obligation to faithfully carry out our responsibilities and work toward the expansion and advancement of our nation. We have to take an oath to build a brighter future for our nation while keeping in mind the sacrifices made by our forefathers Thank you!

Short Independence Day Speech

Happy Independence Day to everybody! It's a sunny morning, and everyone is filled with pride in their country. But 73 years ago, India was still a colony of the British Empire and not an independent nation. Indians were kidnapped, subjected to torture, and made into slaves. Some independence warriors emerged as a result of the rage among Indians, feeling the need to educate Indians about their situation. Indians were involved in their independence campaigns and battles up until they won their freedom. Liberation warriors like Mahatma Gandhi participated in several freedom movements, such as the civil disobedience movement, the non-cooperation movement, and the salt march movement, in order to win independence. On August 15, 1947, the British Government finally granted us our freedom. This day stands out in our minds because of the enormous sacrifices made by our martyrs. To build a strong nation, we must keep our unity. Thanks a lot.

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The Rev. Ralph Abernathy (left) shakes hands with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Ala., on March 22, 1956, as a big crowd of supporters cheers for King, who had just been found guilty of leading the Montgomery bus boycott. Gene Herrick/AP hide caption

The Rev. Ralph Abernathy (left) shakes hands with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery, Ala., on March 22, 1956, as a big crowd of supporters cheers for King, who had just been found guilty of leading the Montgomery bus boycott.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s " I Have a Dream " speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so famous that it often eclipses his other speeches.

King's greatest contribution to the Civil Rights Movement was his oratory, says Jason Miller, an English professor at North Carolina State University who has written extensively on King's speeches.

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"King's first biographer was a dear friend of Dr. King's, L.D. Reddick ," Miller says. Reddick once suggested to King that maybe more marching and less speaking was needed to push the cause of civil rights forward. According to Miller, King is said to have responded, "My dear man, you never deny an artist his medium."

Miller says that in his research, he found numerous examples of King reworking and recycling old speeches. "He would rewrite them ... just to change phrasings and rhythms. And so he prepared a great deal, often 19 lines per page on a yellow legal sheet."

Often, King would write notes to himself in the margins: "what tenor and tone to deliver," Miller says.

That phrasing and an understanding of cadence were all important to the success of these speeches, according to Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, director of graduate studies at the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University.

King's training in the pulpit gave him a strong insight into what moves an audience, she says. "Preachers are performers. They know when to pause. How long to pause. And with what effect. And he certainly was a great user of dramatic pauses."

Here are four of King's speeches that sometimes get overlooked, plus the one he delivered the day before his 1968 assassination. Collectively, they represent historical signposts on the road to civil rights.

" Give Us the Ballot " (May 17, 1957 — Washington, D.C.)

King spoke at the Lincoln Memorial three years to the day after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education , which struck down the "separate but equal" doctrine that had allowed segregation in public schools.

But Jim Crow persisted throughout much of the South. The yearlong Montgomery bus boycott , sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks, had ended only months before King's speech. And the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , which sought to end disenfranchisement of Black voters, was still eight years away.

"It's a very important speech because he's talking about the importance of voting and he's responding to some of the Southern resistance to the Brown decision," says Vicki Crawford, director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Collection at Morehouse College, King's alma mater .

speech on the independence day in english

U.S. deputy marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960. The first-grader was the only Black child enrolled in the school, where parents of white students were boycotting the court-ordered integration law and were taking their children out of school. AP hide caption

U.S. deputy marshals escort 6-year-old Ruby Bridges from William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in November 1960. The first-grader was the only Black child enrolled in the school, where parents of white students were boycotting the court-ordered integration law and were taking their children out of school.

The speech calls out both major political parties for betraying "the cause of justice" and failing to do enough to ensure civil rights for Blacks. He accuses Democrats of "capitulating to the prejudices and undemocratic practices of the Southern Dixiecrats," referring to the party's pro-segregation wing. The Republicans, King said, had instead capitulated "to the blatant hypocrisy of right-wing, reactionary Northerners."

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King speaks at a mass demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 1957, as civil rights leaders called on the U.S. government to put more teeth into the Supreme Court's desegregation decisions. Charles Gorry/AP hide caption

King speaks at a mass demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 1957, as civil rights leaders called on the U.S. government to put more teeth into the Supreme Court's desegregation decisions.

He also indicts Northern liberals who are "so bent on seeing all sides" that they are "neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm" in their commitment to civil rights.

"King [was] calling on both parties to take a look at themselves," Crawford says.

With the movement gaining steam, King used his speech to take stock of where things stood and what must be done next, Calloway-Thomas says. "He is revisiting the status of African American people."

" Our God Is Marching On! " (March 25, 1965 — Montgomery, Ala.)

The speech was delivered after the last of three Selma-Montgomery marches to call for voting rights. Protesters were beaten by Alabama law enforcement officials at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on March 7 in what came to be known as Bloody Sunday . Among the nearly 60 wounded that day by club-wielding police was John Lewis, the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), who suffered a fractured skull. (Lewis later served 17 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.) A second attempt to reach Montgomery a few days later was again turned back at the bridge. In a third try, marchers finally reached the steps of the Alabama State Capitol on March 25.

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"Finally the group of protesters gets all the way to the Capitol, and King delivers a speech to what we think is about 25,000 people," Miller says. The speech is also often referred to as the "How Long? Not Long" speech because of that powerful refrain, Miller says.

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography King: A Life , published last year, says he thinks about three-fourths of the speech was written out. "Then [King] goes off script and gives a sermon."

That's when he answers the question "How long?" for his audience. How long will it be until Black people have the same rights as white people? "Not long, because no lie can live forever," King tells his exuberant listeners.

"That's the part that really echoes. No question," Eig says. "And I think that's when he knew he was at his best. He knew that he could bring the crowd to its feet and inspire them."

Also notable is a famous anecdote that King shared in his speech, one that appeared earlier in his 1963 " Letter from a Birmingham Jail " addressed to his "fellow clergymen." It relates the words of Sister Pollard, a 70-year-old Black woman who had walked everywhere, refusing to ride the Montgomery buses during the 1955-1956 boycott.

"One day, she was asked while walking if she didn't want to ride," King said, speaking to the crowd that had just successfully marched from Selma to Montgomery. "And when she answered, 'No,' the person said, 'Well, aren't you tired?' And with her ungrammatical profundity, she said, 'My feets is tired, but my soul is rested.'"

"And in a real sense this afternoon, we can say that our feet are tired but our souls are rested," he said.

The story of Sister Pollard would be used again in the coming years.

But the speech may be best remembered today for another line, where King said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

In fact, King was using the words of a 19th-century Unitarian minister, Theodore Parker . Parker was an abolitionist who secretly funded John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, often seen as an opening salvo of the Civil War. In a sermon given seven years before the raid, Parker used the line that King would pick up more than a century later.

"Dr. King absorbed all kinds of material, heard from others, used it on his own. But this is what we call appropriation or transformation when the old seems new," Miller says.

" Beyond Vietnam " (April 4, 1967 — New York City)

King had already begun speaking out about the war in Vietnam, but this speech was his most forceful statement on the conflict to date. Black soldiers were dying in disproportionate numbers . King noted the irony that in Vietnam, "Negro and white boys" were killing and dying alongside each other "for a nation that has been unable to seat them together in the same schools."

"So we watch them, in brutal solidarity, burning the huts of a poor village, but we realize that they would hardly live on the same block in Chicago," he said. "I could not be silent in the face of such cruel manipulation of the poor."

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An infantry soldier runs across a burned-out clearing in Vietnam on Jan. 4, 1967. Horst Faas/AP hide caption

An infantry soldier runs across a burned-out clearing in Vietnam on Jan. 4, 1967.

SNCC leader Stokely Carmichael , a major civil rights figure, had come out against the war and encouraged King to join him. But some in King's own inner circle had cautioned him against speaking about Vietnam.

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Although powerful and timely, the speech drew a harsh and immediate reaction from a nation that had only just begun to reckon with the rising casualties and economic toll of the war. Both The Washington Post and The New York Times published editorials criticizing it. The Post said King had "diminished his usefulness to his cause, his country, his people" and the Times said he had "dampened his prospects for becoming the Negro leader who might be able to get the nation 'moving again' on civil rights."

King knew he would take heat for the speech, especially from the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson, with whom he'd worked to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and, a year later, the Voting Rights Act, through Congress. With the presidential election just 19 months away, continued support of Johnson's Vietnam policy was crucial to his reelection. Nearly 10 months after the speech, however, the Tet Offensive launched by the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army would help turn U.S. public opinion against the war and lead Johnson to not seek another term.

But in April 1967, the reaction to the speech was "far worse than King or his advisers imagined," says Miller, of North Carolina State University. Johnson "excommunicated" the civil rights leader, he says, adding that even leaders of the NAACP expressed disappointment that King had focused attention on the war.

"His immediate response was that he was crushed," Miller says. "There are a number of people who have documented that he literally broke down in tears when he realized the kind of backlash towards it."

He was criticized from both sides of the political aisle. Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., a staunch conservative who made a failed run for the presidency in 1964, said King's speech "could border a bit on treason."

"King himself said that he anguished over doing the speech," says Indiana University's Calloway-Thomas.

" The Three Evils of Society " (Aug. 31, 1967 — Chicago)

The three evils King outlines in this speech are poverty, racism and militarism . Referring to Johnson's Great Society program to help lift rural Americans out of poverty, King said that it had been "shipwrecked off the coast of Asia, on the dreadful peninsula of Vietnam" and that meanwhile, "the poor, Black and white are still perishing on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity."

Calloway-Thomas calls it "the most scathing critique of American society by King that I have ever read."

"We need, according to him, a radical redistribution of political and economic power," she says, "Is that implying reparations? Is that implying socialism?"

Calloway-Thomas hears in King's words an antecedent to the Black Lives Matter movement. "One sees in that speech some relationship between the rhetoric of Dr. King at that moment and the rhetoric of Black Lives Matter at this moment," she says.

It was also one of the many instances where King quoted poet Langston Hughes, with whom he had become friends. "What happens to a dream deferred? It leads to bewildering frustration and corroding bitterness," King said in a nod to Hughes' most famous poem, " Harlem ."

King and Hughes traveled together to Nigeria in 1960, Miller notes, calling the poet an often unrecognized but nonetheless "central figure" in the early Civil Rights Movement. "They exchanged letters. Dr. King told [Hughes] how much he used his poetry. Dr. King used seven poems by Langston Hughes in his sermons and speeches from 1956 to 1958."

" I've Been to the Mountaintop! " (April 3, 1968 — Memphis, Tenn.)

This is King's last speech, delivered a day before his assassination at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. He was in the city to lend his support and his voice to the city's striking sanitation workers .

"He wasn't expecting to give a speech that night," according to Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King, Jr. centennial professor emeritus at Stanford University. "He was hoping to get out of it. He was not feeling well."

"They call him and say, 'The people here want to hear you. They don't want to hear us.' And plus, the place was packed that night" despite a heavy downpour, Carson says. "I think he recognized that people really wanted to hear him. And despite the state of his health, he decided to go."

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Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance, at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968. The following day, King was assassinated on his motel balcony. Charles Kelly/AP hide caption

Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance, at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968. The following day, King was assassinated on his motel balcony.

The haunting words, in which King says, "I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you" have led many people to think he was prophesying his own death the following day at the hands of assassin James Earl Ray .

"The speech really does feel a bit like his own eulogy," says Eig. "He's talking about earthly salvation and heavenly salvation. And, in the end, boldly equating himself with Moses, who doesn't live to see the Promised Land."

The speech is largely, if not entirely, extemporaneous. And by the end, King was exhausted, says Carson. "It's pretty clear when you watch the film that he's not in the best shape."

"He barely makes it to the end," he says.

"But he relied on his audience to bring him along," Carson says. "I think it's one of those speeches where the crowd is inspiring him and he's inspiring them. That's what makes it work."

It's a great speech, made greater still because it was his last, says Calloway-Thomas.

"You have this wonderful man who epitomized the social and political situation in the United States in the 20th century," she says. "There he is, dying so tragically and dreadfully. It has a lot of pity and pathos buried inside it."

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Independence Day Speech – Speech on 15 August

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Independence Day Speech 1 – Short Speech on 15 August

Good Morning Principal Sir/Madam, teachers and friends. Today I am going to give a short speech on Independence Day.

It is our 73 rd Independence Day, today. We must take part in the events with devotion. It is very important to honor the flag and sing national anthem. We must remember our brave freedom fighters on this day.

We should be dressed like Bapu, Chacha Nehru, and Bhagat Singh in order to remember them. Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs must celebrate the day together. It is also a national holiday today.

It was very pleasing to address you all. Thank You! Happy Independence Day!

Independence Day

Independence Day Speech 2 – Short Speech on 15 August

Dear Principal Sir/Madam, teachers and friends. Today, we have come here to celebrate the 73 rd Independence Day of India.

On 15 th August in 1947 we got independence from Britishers. First Prime Minister of India, Chacha Nehru, raised the Indian flag at Red Fort in New Delhi. He also gave his famous speech that day. It was called “Tryst with Destiny”.

India became a free nation on this day. Freedom was not easy to get. Many brave freedom fighters had died. They had died to make the country free. We should remember their courage and fight.

They bravely fought for 200 years. We must remember them and honor them. Raise the flag high and sing national songs. Do not put the flag down. Do not tear the flag. Freedom is very important, so keep it safe. With this I end my speech.

Thank you and Happy Independence Day to all!

Independence Day Speech 3 – Short Speech on 15 August

Respected; Principal, teachers, staff members and all my dear friends. I welcome you all from the bottom of my heart on this day of national reverence, when we celebrate the country’s 73 rd Independence Day, today.

I feel immensely honoured to having been given an opportunity to address you all on such a significant occasion and express my own views.

As we all know that India gained independence on August 15, 1947. It was on this day that the British departed from Indian soil, transferring the legislative powers to the Indian Constituent Assembly. In other words, India was now to be ruled by its own people and not by foreign invaders.

It was the most joyous moment in the history of India as it came following nearly two centuries of struggle and revolutions against British sovereignty. The day reminds us of the valour and sacrifices of our fellow countrymen, who were the torchbearers of the freedom struggle.

Let us celebrate this Independence Day to commemorate the indomitable spirit of our freedom fighters and political patrons of that time. It is because of them that we enjoy the fruits of freedom today.

Independence Day Speech 4 – Short Speech on 15 August

Respected Principal Sir, teachers, guests and my dear friends. It’s an honour for me to address you all on our 73 rd Independence Day, today.

As we all know that it was on this fateful day in 1947, that we gained independence, thanks to the freedom fighters and political visionaries of that time. They had envisioned a free and united India, and fought courageously against British invaders to make their dream true.

Finally, their dream was realized on 15 th August 1947; though, the nation had to pay heavy price for it. With the joy of independence, came the sorrow of partition.

The celebration of Independence was marred by the formation of Dominion of Pakistan on 14 th August, 1947 and battered by the communal violence following it.

When half of India was rejoicing its independence, half of it was burning from communal riots. This wasn’t something that our freedom fighters and political leaders could have imagined, while struggling for independence.

Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Chandrasekhar Azad, didn’t sacrifice their lives to see fellow Indians slitting each other’s throat on communal grounds. They envisioned an India having communal, religious and cultural harmony.

It is impossible to change history, but we can always change the future and make new history. Independence Day was indeed one of the most significant days in the history of India, but we must also remember those who have sacrificed their lives to make us live this day.  Also, we must not forget that any kind of demographic division on the basis of religion, caste or creed will only hamper our progress.

Let us end the speech with a pledge to maintain the sovereignty and equality of the nation and to remember those who lost their lives to give us independence. Jai Hind!!

Independence Day Speech 5 –  Long Speech on 15 August

Good morning to all my respected teachers, parents and dear friends. Today we have gathered here to celebrate this great national event. As we all know that Independence day is an auspicious occasion for all of us. India’s Independence Day is the most important day to all the Indian citizens and has been mentioned forever in the history.

It is the day when we got freedom from the British rule after many years of hard struggle by the great freedom fighters of India. We celebrate independence day every year on 15 th of August to remember the first day of freedom of India as well as remember all the sacrifices of the great leaders who have sacrificed their lives in getting freedom for India.

India got independence on 15 th of August in 1947 from the British rule. After independence we got our all the fundamental rights in our own Nation, our Motherland. We all should feel proud to be an Indian and admire our fortune that we took birth on the land of an Independent India. History of slave India reveals everything that how our ancestors and forefathers had worked hard and suffered all the brutal behavior of Britishers.

We cannot imagine by sitting here that how hard the independence was for India from the British rule. It took sacrifices of lives of many freedom fighters and several decades of struggle from 1857 to 1947. An Indian soldier (Mangal Pandey) in the British force had first raised his voice against Britishers for the independence of India.

Later several great freedom fighters had struggled and spent their whole life only for getting freedom. We can never forget the sacrifices of the Bhagat Singh, Khudi Ram Bose and Chandra Sekhar Azad who had lost their lives in their early age just for fighting for their country. How can we ignore all the struggles of Netaji and Gandhiji. Gandhiji was a great Indian personalities who taught Indians a big lesson of non-violence. He was the one and only who lead India to get freedom with the help of non-violence. Finally the result of long years of struggle came in front on 15 th of August 1947 when India got freedom.

We are so lucky that our forefathers have given us a land of peace and happy where we can sleep whole night without fear and enjoy whole day in our school or home. Our country is developing very fast in the field of technology, education, sports, finance and various other fields which were almost impossible before freedom. India is one of the countries rich in nuclear power. We are going ahead by actively participating in the sports like Olympics, Commonwealth games and Asian games.

We have full rights to chose our government and enjoy largest democracy in the world. Yes, we are free and have complete freedom however we should not understand ourselves free of responsibilities towards our country. As being responsible citizens of the country, we should be always ready to handle any emergency condition in our country.

Jai Hind, Jai Bharat.

Independence Day Speech 6 –  Long Speech on 15 August

A very warm good morning to the respected teachers and my dear friends gathered here. Today we are gathered here to celebrate this auspicious occasion of Independence day on 15 th of August. We celebrate this day with lots of enthusiasm and joy every year because our country got freedom at this day in 1947 from the British rule. We are here to celebrate nth number of independence day. It is great and most significant day for all Indians. People of India had suffered cruel behavior of Britishers for many years.

Today we have freedom in almost all fields such as education, sports, transportation, business, etc just because of the years of struggle of our forefathers. Before 1947, people were not so free even they were restricted to have rights on their own body and mind. They were slave of Britishers and forced to follow all the orders of them. Today we are free to do anything because of the great Indian leaders who struggled hard for many years to get freedom against British rule.

Independence day is celebrated all over India with much pleasure. This day is of great importance to all Indian citizens as it gives us opportunity to remember all those freedom fighters who had sacrificed their lives just for giving us a beautiful and peaceful life. Earlier to the independence, people were not allowed to get education, eat healthy food and live normal life like us. We should be grateful to those events responsible for the freedom in India. Indians were treated more badly than slaves by the Britishers just to fulfill their meaningless orders.

Some of the great freedom fighters of India are Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhiji, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpath Ray, Bhagat Singh, Khudi Ram Bose and Chandra Sekhar Azad. They were famous patriots who struggled hard for the freedom of India till the end of their life. We cannot imagine that horrible moment struggled by our forefathers.

Now, after many years of independence our country is on the right track of development. Today our country is a well established democratic country all over the world. Gandhiji was great leader who taught us about effective way of freedom like ahimsa and sathyagraha methods. Gandhi dreamed of an independent India with the non violence and peace.

India is our mother country and we are its citizens. We should always be ready to save it from the bad people. It is our responsibility to lead our country ahead and make it a best country of the world.

Independence Day Speech 7 –  Long Speech on 15 August

Very good morning to the honorable Chief Guest of the day, respected teachers, parents and my all dear friends. I wish you all a very Happy Independence Day. We all know the reason of get together here in such a big crowd. We all are excited celebrating this great day in such an excellent manner. We are gathered here to celebrate 73rd independence day of our nation.

First of all we hoist our honorable national flag then give a salute to all the heroic deeds of the freedom fighters. I am feeling so proud to be an Indian citizen. I have such a great chance to give a speech on the Independence Day in front of you all. I would like to say thanks to my respected class teacher that she has given me an opportunity to share my views with you all about the freedom of India.

We celebrate Independence day every year on 15 th of August because India got freedom on the night of 14 th of August in 1947. Just after the independence of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had given a speech on the Independence day in New Delhi. When people all over the world were sleeping, people in India were waking to get freedom and life from the British rule. Now, after the independence, India has been a largest democratic country in the world. Our country is a most famous country for the saying of unity in diversity. It face many incidents testing its secularism however Indian people become always ready to answer with their unity.

Because of the hard struggles of our forefathers we are now able to enjoy the freedom and breathe fresh air according to our wish. Getting freedom from the Britishers was really an impossible task our forefathers did with their continuous efforts. We can never forget their works and always remember them through the history. We cannot remember all the deeds of all the freedom fighters in a day only however can give them a heartily salute. They would always be in our memories and way of inspiration to us whole life.

Today is the very significant day for all Indians which we celebrate remembering sacrifices of great Indian leaders who had given their lives for the freedom and prosperity of the country. Freedom of India was possible because of the cooperation, sacrifice and involvement of all the Indians. We should value and salute all the Indian citizens because they are the real national heroes. We should keep faith in the secularism and never be separate to maintain the unity so that no one can break and rule again.

We should take an oath today of being highly responsible and well-educated citizens of the tomorrow India. We should sincerely perform our duty and do work hard to get the goal and successfully lead this democratic nation.

Independence Day Speech 8 –  Long Speech on 15 August

A very good morning to the excellencies, respected teachers and my dear colleagues. We are gathered here to celebrate nth Independence day. I am very happy to speech here on this great occasion. I am very grateful to my class teacher to give me such a special opportunity to say my views on the independence day of my country. At this special occasion of independence day I would like to speech on the India’s struggle for getting freedom from the British rule.

Long years ago, great Indian leaders were made a tryst with the destiny to give us a free and peaceful country by sacrificing their comfort of life. Today we are gathered here to celebrate independence day without any fear and having happy face just because of our brave forefathers.

We cannot imagine that how the moment was critical at that time. We have nothing to give our forefathers in return for their precious hard works and sacrifices. We can only remember them and their deeds and make a heartily salute while celebrating the national events. They would always be in our hearts. After the independence India get new birth with happy face of all Indian citizens.

India got independence on 15 th of August in 1947 from the clutches of British rule. Indian people all over the country celebrate this national festival annually with lots of joy and enthusiasm. It was great day for all the Indian citizens when India’s tricolor flag was unfolded by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, at the Red Fort, Delhi.

A huge celebration takes place in New Delhi at Rajpath every year where national anthem is sung after the flag hoisting by prime minster. Together with the national anthem a salute through 21 guns firing and showering of flowers through helicopter is given to the national flag. Independence day is a national holiday however everyone celebrate this from their own places by hosting the flags in schools, offices or society. We should feel proud to be an Indian and try our best to save the honor of our country.

Long Speech on Independence Day of India 9 – Speech on 15 August

Hon’ble Guests of Honor, Senior Managers, Managers, other Staff Members and My Dear Friends – Warm Greetings to all of you!

I am feeling extremely glad to have been standing in front of you and hosting this invigorating day on the eve of Independence Day. We as Indians very well realize the importance of Independence Day and should be filled with utmost pride to have finally won back our freedom from the shackles of British rule. It gives me a sense of immense joy which is indescribable in words when I see our national flag soaring in the wind high up.

I am sure you can relate with my emotions. Needless to say, Independence Day is celebrated on 15 th of August every year and it is in the year 1947 that India emerged as a free nation. Since this is a day of great historical importance for all the Indians, national holiday is being declared in India and all of us celebrate Independence Day with great warmth and show.

This is just a brief about Independence Day, but does anyone here know about the period of British Raj? Well, let me share with you all that it was between 1858 until 1947 that the Britishers colonized our Indian subcontinent. This time period is called the British Raj period.

Now, it becomes even more interesting to know how the British colonial rule began in our country. When the East India Company arrived in India, they were stripped of the goods and land of Indian citizens by conspiracy and Queen Victoria making it all the property of the monarchy.

The East India Company was founded in 1600 under Royal Charter during the monarchical reign of Elizabeth I. Though apparently its chief aim was to trade, it eventually became an indomitable force of colonization controlling the most part of our Indian subcontinent. The people living in the Indian subcontinent during that time became the subjects of the British colonial rule under Queen Victoria and subsequently other monarchs who came after her.

I am sure we all can gauge that gaining independence under such challenging situation was not an easy task, but required long and persistent efforts. One of the most prominent personalities who chiefly contributed towards gaining independence was Mahatma Gandhi or what we usually address him as Bapu .

What makes him even a greater personality is the fact that he achieved independence by not following the path of violence or bloodshed, but through his policy of non-violence wherein he did not oppose the rule of Britishers through armed fighting rather he with his followers started the non-violence campaign which comprised hunger strikes and civil disobedience. Their concerted efforts ultimately brought an end to the British Raj in our country. British rule was given an official garb under the name of “British administration of India” and under that garb Indians had to undergo a lot of pain and trauma.

We should salute those heroic spirits and pay our homage to them by remembering their brave deeds and sacrifice for our mother land and never forget that it is because of their efforts that we stand today and breathe in an Independent India.

But the seeds of self-governance in our country were laid down much before India won its independence. In the 19 th century, several Indian councilors were appointed on various advisory roles. They were hired for the advisory support of the British viceroys who continued to rule across the major parts of India. In the year 1892, a law known as the Indian Councils Act came into being with a view to empower these councilors as well as other Indian officials. But they remained under the higher British authority and had to put up with the prejudices of the white men to be able to reach the pinnacle of success in their jobs.

It was somewhat in the midnight between 14 th August and daytime of 15 th August 1947 that the treaty of Indian sovereignty was signed. This was a time when George VI was ruling as the king in Britain and Clement Attlee was their prime minister. In India Jawaharlal Nehru became the prime minister of independent India and Britain renounced his rule over India. The Britishers no longer had anything to do with the Indian affairs.

Even though we do not bear witness to those times, but we can understand very well the intensity of that crucial time when our country actually gained independence. We cannot help but feel proud of it. However, the declaration of freedom came in written in the year 1929, which is much earlier. This declaration happened along with the great freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi and other known figures, who hoisted the Indian Flag.

It was indeed a big moment for all the Indians. The day of declaration of Indian independence is called as Purna Swaraj . It is quite significant to understand that even though India gained independence in the year 1947, it was only in the 1950s that India’s official constitution as an independent nation came into effect. The period in between was a transition phase in the form of 3 intervening years.

So how can we Indians let go off this momentous day in normalcy and not celebrate this historic day with great pomp and show. So on this day of great historical importance, our prime minister visits Red Fort and hoists the Indian National Flag or our Tricolor (Tiranga). Post that the national anthem is being sung. It is then followed by a stirring speech delivered by our prime minister to the people of its country. Now, the 73rd Independence Day will be celebrated on August 15 th , 2018.  The whole sight looks so spectacular and mesmerizing that we can’t help but remain in awe while witnessing the whole ceremony.

In the end, all that can be said is freedom is priceless and our soldiers are so brave that they are continuously fighting on borders in order to protect our country from any militant or terrorist group. So we should never fail to value this freedom and preserve it wholeheartedly.

This is all I can say, Jai Hind!

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday twice referred to the late German chancellor Helmut Kohl instead of former Chancellor Angela Merkel while detailing a 2021 conversation at campaign events .

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Biden's gaffes Wednesday came at a series of fundraisers in New York as he described conversations he said he had with European leaders at a meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations in the U.K. in 2021, months after the Jan. 6 riot.

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The White House didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Short and Long Speech on 15th August Independence Day for Students in English

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Independence Day Speech: Long and Short Independence Day Speech in English for Students and Children

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The Short Speech on Independence Day#1

Good morning, everyone. My dear friends, today is the “Independence Day of our country. First, I wish you a very “Happy Independence Day.” We celebrate it on the 15th of August every year. On 15th August 1947, India got freedom from British rule, and our fighters sacrificed their whole life for our freedom.

We should be grateful to our brave heroes. Independence Day is the national festival of India. All Indians celebrate this day by hoisting the tricolour and singing the national anthem. I am very proud to be an Indian, and I love my country very much. Jai Hind. Jai Bharat.

Short Speech on Independence Day #2

Greeting everyone.

Honourable Chief Guest, Respected Principal, Teachers. Parents and my dear Friends. My name is Pranita. I wish you all a very happy Independence Day.

Today we all are gathered here to celebrate the 77th Independence Day of India and give tribute to our freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for us. The day marks the anniversary of Independence from the British Empire on 15th August 1947 .

It is the most auspicious day for the people of India because India becomes independent after lots of hand snips and sacrifices of the brave Indian freedom fighters. From that day onward 15th August become a very important day in Indian history and in the hearts of every Indian.

Also, the entire nation celebrates this day with the full spirit of patriotism. Today on the occasion of Independence Day, let’s make a promise to ourselves that we will always protect our country maintaining brotherhood, helping everyone and educating ourselves. Thank you. Happy Independence Day.

Long Independence Day 15 August Speech for Students in English – 2023 #3

Independence Day Speech In English: On the occasion of Independence, special programs are organized in schools, colleges and offices, etc. across the country. You can also attract everyone’s attention towards you with a wonderful speech on the day of Independence Day.

India is celebrating its 77th Independence Day on 15th August. This year, preparations are being made to celebrate Independence Day across the country.

In this, Independence Day will be organized in every street, locality, school and college. On this special day, the whole country celebrates independence from British rule. Also, remember all those freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of India.

On the day of Independence Day, programs are organized in every school, college, office etc. and speeches are given.

Giving speeches while celebrating Independence Day is an important part of the program. If you are also going to participate in the Independence Day program, then prepare for a great speech. Here we are telling you one such speech, by using this you will become the best speaker in any program.

Independence Day 15th August Essay in English for School Students #4

Respected Chief Guest, Principal, Teachers, Parents, and all my dear friends,

First of all, I wish you a very Happy Independence Day. I feel great pride in presenting this speech. This day holds the utmost significance for all of us as it marks the day when we attained independence from British rule in 1947. Our great freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Nehru, Lokmanya Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose, Rani Lakshmi Bai, and many others devoted their entire lives to the independence of our country.

Today, we are fortunate to be born in an independent country, enjoying our fundamental rights. Our freedom is priceless, and our brave soldiers continuously fight on the borders to protect our nation. Friends, we all know that no nation is perfect; it needs to strive for perfection. It is our responsibility to sincerely perform our duties and progress together for the growth and development of our country.

Surely, the day is not far when our country will be strong and powerful in every field. Thank you. Jai Hind, Jai Bharat.

Independence Day Speech – Long & Short in English | Speech for 15th August 2023 #5

My salutations to all the people present in the meeting, today we all are gathered in this program to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the independence of our country.

This day is most special for all of us. Today India has completed 76 years of independence, which the whole country is celebrating as the nectar festival of independence. On this auspicious occasion, we will remember all those freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the country. It is because of their sacrifices that we got freedom from British rule after hundreds of years.

Friends, Our Tiranga (tricolour) teaches us the right ways to live life. The saffron color seen at the top of Tiranga (tricolor) symbolizes the strength and courage of the country.

At the same time, the white color in the middle teaches peace, harmony and respect for all religions. The green color on the lowest strip of the Tiranga (tricolor) is a symbol of the development and prosperity of the country. The Ashoka Chakra made in the middle of the flag inspires us to move forward continuously. The culture of India can be seen in its flag.

Friends, for every Indian, his country should come first. India is the largest democracy in the world. We should salute the culture and civilization here.

On this auspicious occasion, let us take a pledge to build the nation, develop the country and maintain its honor. Many many wishes to you all on this auspicious occasion of Independence Day. Let us speak with all our might… Bharat Mata ki Jai. Vande Matram. Jai Hind

Wishing you all a very happy Independence Day. 

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1. India got independence from British rule on 15 August 1947.

2. Before independence India was a British colony and during that period our people have suffered and sacrificed their lives.

3. People born after independence should feel proud because they are lucky to be born in independent India. So they should accept the sacrifice of our freedom fighters.

4. After independence, we got our constitution and we are able to enjoy our fundamental rights.

5. We all should be proud to be an Indian, and we should praise our destiny that we are born in the land of independent India.

6. From 1857 to 1947, history has witnessed many rebellions and sacrifices of our great leaders and freedom fighters.

7. We must not forget the sacrifices of all those freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and lakhs of others whose names are not even known but they fought to free India from the colonial rule of the British.

8. We should remember and follow the teachings of freedom fighters like Gandhiji’s philosophy of non-violence in our lives.

9. The national flag is hoisted on this auspicious occasion of Independence Day.

10. The national anthem is sung by people across the country.

Jai Hind Jai Bharat 

Wishing you all a very happy Independence Day.

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  1. Speech on Independence Day in English for School Students and Kids, 15

    Independence Day Speech in English: On August 15, 2023, India will celebrate its 77th Independence Day, honouring the sacrifices of its freedom fighters who fought for its freedom from...

  2. 15 Great Speeches to Remind America what Independence Day is About

    1. Patrick Henry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" 1775 Patrick Henry gave this speech in 1775 at the Virginia Convention. It took place only a few months after the assembly of the first Continental Congress had sent King George III a petition for the redress of grievances.

  3. Bill Pullman's Independence Day Speech

    Major, I'll borrow that. Speaker 2: ( 00:04) Sir. Speaker 1: ( 00:06) Good morning. Good morning. Speaker 1: ( 00:13) In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today.

  4. American Rhetoric: Movie Speech from Independence Day

    "We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive!" Today, we celebrate our Independence Day! Full text and audio mp3 of movie speech Independence Day

  5. Independence Day Speech in English for Students

    Honor the Memory of our Freedom Fighters Freedom fighters struggled to make our country free from the Britishers. In addition, they were the ones who sacrificed their lives for the country. On this day every citizen of our country pays tribute to them.

  6. Independence Day Speech for Students, Celebrating 77 Years of Freedom

    Speech on Independence Day celebration means a lot to the person who is interested in expressing his/her thoughts in front of people about the country, history of freedom, Patriotism, Nationalism, Indian National Flag, National Festivals of India, Importance of Independence Day or other topics related to the Indian independence.

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    Independence Day movie clips: http://j.mp/1fs0ICzBUY THE MOVIE:FandangoNOW - https://www.fandangonow.com/details/movie/independence-day-1996/1MVcb9b60fe3e92f...

  8. 75th Independence Day English Speech Ideas, quotes from ...

    education 75th Independence Day English Speech Ideas, quotes from famous leaders 75th Independence Day would be celebrated across the country on August 15, 2022. Write and deliver the best speech on the occasion. Check out Independence Day English Speech Ideas, how to write a good speech, quotes and other areas. TN Education Desk

  9. Tryst with Destiny

    " Tryst with Destiny " was an English-language speech by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, to the Indian Constituent Assembly in the Parliament House, on the eve of India's Independence, towards midnight on 14 August 1947. The speech spoke on the aspects that transcended Indian history.

  10. Independence Day 2023: Speech Ideas in English for Students and

    Independence Day will be grandly celebrated on 15 August. Take a look at some speech ideas for the day before preparing your Independence Day speech. Follow some tricks.

  11. Independence Day Speech in English, 15 August 2023 Celebration Starts

    Good morning and Happy 77th Independence Day to My respected teachers and dear friends. Today as we celebrate 77th Independence Day, we should feel proud to be a part of an Independent nation where we have freedom of speech, and freedom to live life in our own way.

  12. Independence Day 2023 Speech: Long & Short Speech in English on 15

    Aug 14, 2023, 16:17 IST Short & Long Speech on Independence Day 2023 Independence Day Speech 2023: Indian Independence Day is celebrated on August 15 each year to mark the country's...

  13. Five Most Effective Speeches on Independence Day 2023 in English

    Independence Day Speech 1: General Speech: Ladies and Gentlemen, Today, as we gather here to celebrate the 77th Independence Day of our beloved nation, we stand on the threshold of a new era. It is a momentous occasion that calls for reflection on our journey as a nation, our achievements following movements, and the challenges that lie ahead.

  14. Independence Day Speech: For Students

    Independence Day Speech In English by Student (1500 word long speech) Good morning everyone, My respected teachers and dear friends, [INTRODUCTION] On the tantalizing morning of this holy day, with patriotic fervour and pride, on 15th August, each Indian fills his heart with immense respect and love for his motherland. Being the sons of India ...

  15. Independence Day Welcome Speech in Simple English

    Independence Day Welcome Speech 1. Hon'ble Principal, Vice Principal, Teachers, and My Dear Friends - Warm Greetings to you all! As you all know that we have gathered today to celebrate this big national event - the Independence Day of India. This day is the most auspicious in our nation's history as it won back its freedom after many ...

  16. Independence Day Bill Pullman Speech Transcript: Great Movie

    We're fighting for our right to live, to exist, and should we win today the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday but as the day when the world declared in one voice, President Whitmore: ( 01:14) "We will not go quietly into the night. We will not vanish without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive.

  17. Independence Day Speech in English

    It's one of the most beautiful Independence day speeches in English for your Kids. They can learn in a few minutes.

  18. Independence Day Speech in English for Students

    Short Independence Day Speech. Happy Independence Day to everybody! It's a sunny morning, and everyone is filled with pride in their country. But 73 years ago, India was still a colony of the British Empire and not an independent nation. Indians were kidnapped, subjected to torture, and made into slaves.

  19. 5 MLK speeches you should know besides 'I Have a Dream' : NPR

    This is King's last speech, delivered a day before his assassination at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. He was in the city to lend his support and his voice to the city's ...

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    On the occasion of the fiftieth Anniversary of the Independence of Grenada, it gives me great pleasure to send you all my congratulations and warmest good wishes. ... A message from The King on Holocaust Memorial Day 2024. Read more. Press release 25 January 2024. The King's Gold Medal for Poetry 2023. ... A speech by His Majesty The King at ...

  21. Learn English With Speeches

    In this lesson, you will learn English with Will Smith in the movie Independence Day. In the first scene, you will improve your English comprehension and voc...

  22. Long and Short Speech on Independence Day (15 August) in English for

    Independence Day Speech 1 - Short Speech on 15 August. Good Morning Principal Sir/Madam, teachers and friends. Today I am going to give a short speech on Independence Day. It is our 73 rd Independence Day, today. We must take part in the events with devotion.

  23. Independence Day Speech

    Short Independence Day Speech 150 Words In English. Happy Independence Day to everyone present here! After the struggle of almost two hundred years, on the dawn of this day exactly 73 years ago, India was freed from the shackles of foreign rule. The declaration of freedom was probably the happiest thing that could have happened to India.

  24. Easy to learn Independence Day speech for class 2 students in English

    3. Good morning to my teachers and friends. My name is Arun. I am studying in class 2. Happy Independence Day. We celebrate Independence Day every year. August 15th is Independence Day On this day, the Prime Minister hoists the flag at the red fort. It is in Delhi. This is a proud moment for all.

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    Biden's gaffes Wednesday came at a series of fundraisers in New York as he described conversations he said he had with European leaders at a meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized nations in ...

  26. Short and Long Speech on 15th August Independence Day ...

    My name is Pranita. I wish you all a very happy Independence Day. Today we all are gathered here to celebrate the 77th Independence Day of India and give tribute to our freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for us. The day marks the anniversary of Independence from the British Empire on 15th August 1947 .