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July 4

Posted
Editor, Times-Union:

"This is my country

Land of my birth

This is my country

Grandest on earth

I pledge thee my allegiance

America the bold

for this is my country

to have and to hold."

As we come to the Fourth of July, or Independence Day, what is it?

What does the Fourth of July mean to you? July 4, 1776, Washington and his army defeated England and this nation became a free nation, and the nation we have today, we thank those men who fought for our own freedom.

This country has had to fight many wars so that this country can still be free.

Being free means we can go where we want to, do what we want to, and be what we want to.

We are free to worship where we want to, we are free to say and write what we want to, we are free to protest, and we have the freedom of the press.

Let us thank God for our country and be proud to be American of the United States. God Bless America.

Joyce A. Phaneuf

North Webster