July 1, 2026 - The Nation We Love - By Bill Holt
The muskets flashed in morning light
to break the silence of darkest night
The brilliant red of British coats
now seen depart from their mighty boats
A farmer leaves his new plowed field
with focused dreams that shall not yield
The plow he now changed to a gun
the freedom fight has just begun
Through frozen woods and winter snow
against the king a mighty foe
The common man began to rise
above the crown and cloudy skies
To valley forge and Yorktown's fight
the fire went through the darkest night
The freedoms fire begins to grow
against the winter's ice and snow
The Stars and Stripes begin to rise
beneath the gray and smoky skies
No more the crown shall hold the day
the old world shadows now fade away
Who would have known and who could see
the world they brought that came to be
Beneath the red and white and blue
a nation to love for me and you
