America The Beautiful

These words spoken to
America The Beautiful
by The US Military Acadamy1966

I was born on July 4th 1776
The Declaration of Independence was my birth certificate
Bloodline of the world run in my veins
For I offered freedom to the oppressed
I am many things in many people
I am the nation
I am 300 million living souls
And ghosts of millions who have died for me
I am Nathan Hale and Paul Revere
I stood at Lexington and fired the shot heard around the world
I am Washington, Jefferson and Patrick Henry
I am Lee and Grant and Abe Lincoln
I am remember the Alamo, the Maine and Pearl Harbor
When freedom called I answered
And I stayed till it was over, over there
I left my heroic dead in Flanders Fields,
On the Rock of Corrigador and on the bloody hills of Korea
I am the Brooklyn Bridge
The wheat fields of Kansas
And the granite hills of Vermont
I am the coal fields of the Virginias and Pennsylvania
The Golden Gate the Grand Canyon
I am Independence Hall the Monitor the Merrimac
I am forest, field, mountain and dessert
I am the quiet villages and the cities that never sleep
I am the ballot dropped in the box
The roar of crowds and the voice of a choir in the cathedral
You see the lights of Christmas in me
And hear the strains of Auld Ang Syne as the calendar turns
Yes I am the nation and these are the things that I am
I was conceived in freedom
And God willing in freedom will spend the rest of my days
May I possess always
The integrity, the courage and the strength to keep myself unshackled
To remain citadel of freedom
And a beacon of strength to the world
This is my wish, my goal, my prayer 230 years after my birth

America, The Beginning

America, The Beginning
by: Ricky Sholar

As our ancestors came with their plans and their dreams
They created a country from their ideas and schemes
They formed a new government that England laughed at
People governing themselves now how silly is that

They came to a land with no houses or stores
Just think, these rich people doing their very own chores
Some would not work breaking the law it is said
They would be jailed or ended up dead

Jamestown its said lost hundreds because
They were not ready for winter and lots of them starved
And disease ran a muck and took many lives
Times were real hard it was tough to survive

So the people of the colonies chose men to lead
And there it began they had planted the seed
Each Colony had it’s own leaders they sent
To the House of Burgesses each leader went

Then the Continental congress through war it would grow
After the Revolution then Congress would know
The United States of America is now a new nation
Our Founding Fathers greatest creation

They needed a president and of all men there’s just one
The father of our country Goerge Washington
He set the standards and he lead the way
For all future presidents who lead us today

They created their laws and they governed themselves
Their constitutions and laws really worked out quite well
Forty-three presidents and Two hundred years later
America through time has become even greater

The American

The American
by: Ricky Sholar

I am the American citizen
By the laws of the land I am free
Free to speak
Free to write
Free to worship
I have no gripes with other countries
I go to work every day
I come home every night
I love my wife and children
I provide a home and food for my family
I cause no trouble
When I am called upon to protect this freedom
I will do so without regret
Even if it costs me my life
I will defend this country and its people
So they too can enjoy the freedom that I have enjoyed
If I fall America will bring me home to my loved ones
If I survive I will praise those who fell
I will not turn my back on my country or its people
When we are threatened we will fight back
If you defend us we will defend you
If you harm our people, no matter where from, or what color
You will pay the penalty
America can be your best friend or your worst enemy
You wouldn’t want to be on her bad side
Remember she’s young, beautiful, and very temperamental
God Blessed America at her birth and is still doing so today.