As was remembered,
four score and seven years later
our nation, a new
nation, one people together,
was brought
forward; but not by war, willed
created by the
words written in that hall
the words of that
Philadelphia summer
making a bold statement,
written out loud
Changing our
world, splintering an empire
held together by
might, for a dream of freedom
All are equal, all
must be free
so is our pledge,
our plea
the dream of
America, still unfulfilled
So many summers
gone by
so far have we
come, so far yet to go
for the dream of
America to be a reality;
but I hear freedom
starting to ring
part of the dream
given voice
by another pastor,
fifty years ago;
may it rise in our
hearts today.
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edited July 5, 2014
A New Nation – v2
July 4, 2008
A New Nation
edited July 4, 2014
Words of Mettle – v2
July 4, 2008
Words of Mettle
Read before writing the series of poems on 7/4/2008:
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Mayflower Compact,
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Declaration of Independence,
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Gettysburg Address,
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Emancipation Proclamation,
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Preamble to Constitution,
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Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”
speech, 8/28/1963
written for July 4th celebration
Wesley United Methodist Church
Concord, NH
In reading this, I noted that the nomination speech
of the Democratic Convention this summer
will be on the 45th anniversary of Dr. King’s
speech
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