The Words That Inspired the Defining of America
In Celebration of Freedom's Call
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams draft the
Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Illustration courtesy Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Library of Congress
Orangetown We Hail
A vision held within each heart
From which a righteous quest had its start
Freedom's plea with words defined
Orangetown Resolutions, July 4, 1774 were signed
The Declaration of Independence to follow its path
Man to be beyond oppression, domination and wrath
Major Andre, Benedict Arnold conspiracy and travail
Be it Truth and Justice ever to prevail
Washington-Carleton papers in 1783 signed and sealed
The heart and pulse of freedom in words revealed
And so declared a nation new to soar
A seventeen gun salute at Snedens shore
Snedens Landing in memorial be
A beacon holding fast Freedom's decree
Rich lands for labor and toil
Bounty and abundance from land and soil
Enterprise, invention, production to serve need and desire
Each vision alight with Freedom's flame and fire
In Celebration our Freedoms call to heart
To purpose, to purpose we shan't depart.
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