Our Independance Day

[Guest pfries]

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. (United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776)

My Time to serve and fight has passed and I lay down my weapon at long last

I pass down the torch to those young and strong

To pick up the fight and to carry it on

With my freedom in mind and my heart at ease

I pray for their safety upon my knees

With valor and courage they wage the war

To stop the tyranny that stands at the door

Our fore fathers laid out the path to walk and we shed our blood not just talked the talk

My time to serve and fight has passed and I lay down my weapon at long last

Our soldiers with traditions rise

To be our hero’s in my eyes

With honor and might that cannot be subdued

These soldiers of ours earn my gratitude

They lay down their life so readily

To protect what my forefathers guaranteed me

My time to serve and fight has passed and I lay down my weapon at long last

I lay down my weapon at long last

The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of these United States is something we should carry in our hearts not just study in school.

The fight for our independence and our freedom is never over it only changes form as time passes.

I believe the great men that laid down the foundation knew this, and I am proud to say that I live in a Country

where so many have been willing to give all they have to protect what has been afforded to me.

My Thanks goes out to all that make this possible

This is what The Fourth of July means to me.

Proudly

Patrick Fries

[mav]

Nice.

I agree that our fight for freedom is a never-ending battle. While you have laid one weapon down in defense of that freedom, you have picked up another, your voice, to continue on with the struggle.

[daddyo]

"No man is more hopelessly enslaved than he who believes he is free."