<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Aleo, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2rem; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Independence Day</span><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>by Debra Brown</div><div><br></div><div>When we think about the birth</div><div>of this great nation,</div><div>Congress declared July the 4th 1776</div><div>and issued a proclamation.</div><div><br></div><div>With this decree, the thirteen colonies</div><div>are now free.</div><div>We will no longer live</div><div>under England's Monarchy.</div><div><br></div><div>Five great men</div><div>were given the task</div><div>to draw up papers</div><div>for freedom at last.</div><div><br></div><div>Thomas Jefferson,</div><div>we can remember.</div><div>A founding father,</div><div>Patriot and a Continental member.</div><div><br></div><div>Together these men</div><div>drafted the amendments.</div><div>Franklin, Livingstone, Sherman and Adams,</div><div>united they authored the Declarations of Independence.</div><div><br></div><div>Battles were fought,</div><div>and blood was shed.</div><div>Life was lost,</div><div>and men were dead.</div><div><br></div><div>"FREEDOM" came with</div><div>A heavy price.</div><div>War is not pretty,</div><div>nor is it nice.</div><div><br></div><div>We can thank</div><div>the Lord above.</div><div>He gave us these United States,</div><div>a country we can love.</div><div><br></div><div>Men fought for our freedom,</div><div>and with their lives they did pay.</div><div>That's why we celebrate</div><div>Independence Day.</div></div><div><br></div>————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>