1776-1976 {a poem}

 1776-1976

      Here it is the third Sabbath

Here in Florida--”Sunshine State”!

      It is coming to a peaceful close;

The moon in mid-sky sailing on;

      This peaceful eve before the Fourth!

Imagine, 200 years ago, you were there.

      How would you have felt?

Our Declaration of Independence signed;

      The war for Freedom;

General George Washington’s army

      Silhouetted against the sunset;

The great Liberty Bell waiting to ring,

      “Freedom, America has Freedom!”

Think, how would you have felt? 

      It must have been glorious!

It would have been interesting living then.

      God is the One who helped;

He helped us with our war for Freedom,

      So He is the One

We should thank for our Freedom,

      Along with the men

Who fought, died, led, and signed

      Our Declaration of Independence. 

         by Wendy Andrus         (1976)