July 4th! (poem)

I hope everyone had a fabulous 4th of July weekend!

We can say what we want about this country (one of our freedoms), but when it comes right down to it, we are blessed as a nation. I don’t want to take my freedom for granted, because it certainly didn’t come cheap.

I’m proud and thankful to be an American, and I hope those of you reading are too.

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Ode to Independence

O hallowed day of celebration

We raised one voice in declaration

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The call of liberty did so demand

That We The People take a stand

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It did not come without toil and woe

But we now reap what they did sow

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We honor you red, white, and blue

May Valor, Innocence, and Justice be true

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Do not forget “In God We Trust”

For all we have will one day be dust

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America the free, all under the sun

And always remember from many, one.

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