INDEPENDENCE DAY - USA

The 2nd Continental Congress July of 1776,
Appoints a five-person committee,
Here are the gentlemen they pick:
Thom Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Adams,
Bob Livingston and Roger Sherman, too.
Mission is to debate, edit, rewrite,
A legally binding tool,
Allowing their Thirteen Colonies to withdraw,
From Great Britain's governing rule.

Ultimately Congress does approve,
The Declaration of Independence, worded really cool.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men
are created equal"; "Inalienable rights"; "Life, Liberty,
and the Pursuit of Happiness," being just a few.
Soon Anniversary Festivals will get underway,
4th of July, The Fourth, or Independence Day,
Whatever you wish or prefer to say,
It's great to live where Freedom's flags wave!

They'll be picnics, reunions, pomp and parades,
Commemorations, celebrations lasting days 'n days,
Bonfires, fireworks, and patriotic displays.
They'll be singing, "The Star-Spangled Banner," "God Bless
America," "America the Beautiful," "This Land is Your
Land," "My Country 'Tis of Thee," "Stars 'n Stripes Forever."
So everybody...join-in the fun,
It's great to be an American!
It's so great to be an American!