July and Thoughts of Independence

July and Thoughts of Independence

JULY©

Summer here and now in full swing
folks are busy, doing Summer things.
Camping, boating, fishing...more,
as long as it can be done, outdoors.
Commitment to Independence, on July 4th is made,
gratefully, with picnics, and fireworks, after the parade.
Great sacrifices remembered, for liberty and freedom,
continued this day, protecting country, family and home.

The month of July, from end to end, each and every part,
Here in the Reno, NV area, we proudly celebrate the Arts.
http://www.renoisartown.com/

The heat is on, the sun begins to bake,
everyone's mind’s, on going to the lake.
Be sure to use plenty of sun screen,
or your sunburn, will surely ache.
Everywhere now, as we look around,
hillsides, parks and lawns turn brown!
The heat is intense, the air, it is dry,
water twice a week, or it'll surely die!
July rapidly closing, time now is in flight.
A new month beginning, with old sounds and sights,

before you know, it soon will be, "Hot August Nights".
http://www.hotaugustnights.net/

Richard G. Shuster (from Rick's Random Ramblings, July©)

The Concord Hymn

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,

Their flag to April's breeze unfurled;

Here once the embattled farmers stood;

And fired the shot heard round the world.

The foe long since in silence slept;

Alike the conqueror silent sleeps,

And Time the ruined bridge has swept

Down the dark stream that seaward creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream,

We place with joy a votive stone,

That memory may their deeds redeem,

When, like our sires, our sons are gone.

O Thou who made those heroes dare

To die, and leave their children free,

--Bid Time and Nature gently spare

The shaft we raised to them and Thee.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

(In memory of the initial battle for Independence in April 1775)


Happy Birthday America©

Happy Birthday America, somehow it is, you continue to live,

even after all of the times, you gave all you possibly could give.

Of your youngest and best, the promising rest, so many bodies and souls,

standing their guard and in battles reward, in the air, at sea and in foxholes.

Your sacrifices great, spread across the seas, and continents all around this Earth,

under circumstances seemingly impossible, you did what you must, and suffered the dearth.

You have fought bravely against our enemies, both the domestic and the foreign,

and continued proudly, with Old Glory out front, and refused all disdain and scorn.

A call for rights & liberties: and freedom & justice, sprung from New England’s countryside; conceived, protected, birthed and nurtured; a gift from God Almighty, and reason for our pride. America, as we celebrate your birthday again, in troubled and tragic times, with a new year squarely in our sights,
we also celebrate your God given birthday gifts, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

Richard G. Shuster (from Rick’s Random Ramblings, Happy Birthday America©)


Freedom

"No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so
formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women”.

--Ronald Reagan--