Jul 8, 2008
Poem - Fourth of July
What does the 4th of July really mean to you?
Does it mean time to play and have bar-b-que?
Does it mean to run to the lake dive and swim
Or is it just time to exercise at the town gym?
One day long ago our forefathers did sign
A document England thought was a crime.
Out of grievance for England’s oppression,
Thirteen colonies agreed while in session.
They wanted independence just to be free
from England’s tyranny and just cease to be
A country burdened with so many taxes,
and inhuman laws that they imposed at us.
So war was inevitable, the colonists agreed.
Paul Revere gave the warning on his steed.
The colonists first shots were fired in Concord
then Lexington, Mass as war moved forward.
It was during this time that Congress first met.
A Declaration was drawn and the time was set.
July 4, 1776 men of Congress gave signatures.
But war continued, lives lost, but many endured.
With military help from France and with Spain
Americans held their ground, hope was regained.
The British left. The Americans were now free
To establish a God-fearing country and liberty.
So as you fire up the grill or jump in your pool
Watch the fireworks at night in colors of jewels.
Don’t forget the men and women of years ago
that in God we Trust would always be our motto.
If we are to continue as a nation, strong and just,
We must never forget our Lord in Him we trust.
If we turn and repent from our wicked, sinful ways
God will hear our prayers and heal us every day.
God Bless America!
Copyright, July 2, 2008, Kathryn Tyler Little
Also you can see this poem on my passionup.com site
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Just so we’re clear on
Just so we’re clear on this: "In God We Trust" wasn’t cooked up by our counry’s founders. The earliest use on a coin dates from 1864 and it was established as our national motto in 1956 by a joint resolution of Congress (signed by President Eisenhower) as part of the anti-communist hysteria then gripping the nation.
The guys who started this country rolling had seen, first hand, just how ugly things get when government becomes the enforcer for religious dogma. They were educated men who were well aware of the centuries of religious warfare that marked Europe’s history. One of things we celebrate on July 4th is the founding of a nation that would have no official state religion and in which all citizens would be free to believe or not believe whatever they wished.
And I, for one, will drink to that!
4th of July poem
Mark Twain once wrote that more fools die on the Fourth of July than on any other day, which proves that one Fourth of July a year is not enough. After reading your poem, I see his point.