With Hotdogs and ice cream,
With sparklers and flags,
We celebrate Fourth of July,
A day we remember
Because of the fact that its promise
On which we rely to keep all the freedoms
That we hold so dear
To remind us that freedom has cost.
And if we refuse to remember that truth
Those freedoms are easily lost.
The freedom to speak
The freedom to pray,
To gather without fear of force,
The right to elect our leaders who guide,
To choose our own life-given course.
But more than the freedom that each person gets
Is the fact that this nation has grown,
From a land that was wilderness, wild and untamed,
To a country in which seeds were sown,
That helped it to flourish, expand and renew,
As people arrived on its shore -
All nations, all colors, all faiths and all dreams,
Never knowing what God had in store.
For America is the land of the free,
A country where hope is its root,
A place where all people can be who they are,
And choose their one path that will suit.
But we can’t forget that we’re never alone.
Community is our resource.
United we stand, divided we fall,
Which helps us to stay on the course
Of freedom for all, of care for each one,
May our call to this cause never cease.
For we are the children of those who have dreamed
Of a land filled with plenty and…
Peace,
