Why
Celebrate?
Independence
Day
is
the
birthday
of a
nation,
marking
the
anniversary
of its
freedom
from the
rule of
another
country.
Many
countries
large and
small
celebrate
their
Independence
Day.
The
best-known
Independence
Day is
that of
the United
States,
celebrated
every July
4. It is
the
anniversary
of the day
on which
the Second
Continental
Congress
adopted
the
Declaration
of
Independence,
July 4,
1776.
The
Congress
declared
the
American
Colonies
free and
independent
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By
John Philip Sousa -
1897
(Played
by
the National March of the USA)
Let martial note in triumph float
And liberty extend its mighty hand
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew;
The red and white and starry
blue
Is freedom's shield and hope.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their
right it waves forever.
Let eagle shriek from lofty peak
The never-ending watchword of our land;
Let summer breeze waft through the trees
The echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for liberty and light,
Sing out for freedom and the right.
Sing out for Union and its might,
O patriotic sons.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation,
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free.
May it wave as our standard forever
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with might endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,
That by their might and by their
right it waves forever.
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