Independence

Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principals of our Declaration of Independence could take hold and flourish in the birth of a new nation.

Jim Gerlach American Politician/born 1955

INDEPENDENCE

Astride war horses and on foot they tried

To secure the freedom earned

So many wounded, too many died

In the midst of battle they weren't concerned

They had the hearts to prevail

They had the will to see it through

From the time their fathers set sail

They knew deep inside what they must do

Redcoats sent by the imposing king

From the motherland to seize the dream

The pilgrims knew the only thing

Was to fight, although upstream

With self imposed honor and bravery

The settlers won this war

They earned the new found liberty

That they had been fighting for

And so a country was conceived and born

With a people driven by their desire

To pry themselves from England's scorn

With this conquest they were inspired

Who would think that farmers, merchants, and sailors

Could overthrow a king

But they had to risk the failure

The organized army was apt to bring

When you salute the flag, July the Fourth

Remember those who died

And imagine where we would be today

Had the settlers never tried