America - Land of the Free!

America – Land of the Free!

Remember America when men stood to pray,

and faces glowed with tears when Old Glory waved?

There was a pride in the sacrifice of men

who gave up their all and would do it again?

The Pledge of Allegiance was said every day.

All school children knew the English words to say.

Red, white, and blue – the colors made us proud;

“God bless America!” the people said out loud.

Not the America of Obama and Reid,

nor the America of politicians’ greed,

not the America of enslavement and fear:

These are not the America which I hold dear.

Do you know America as she’s meant to be -

a country where people are born to be free?

Our fathers knew to keep government at bay;

the Constitution meant what it had to say.

“Blessings of Liberty” secure evermore,

keeping the government away from your door.

Promoting general welfare for every man,

but not giving handouts to those who demand.

Responsibility and sweat of the brow,

all men and women standing free, strong, and proud.

Personal charity to people in need,

no taxation theft by government decree.     

A free Republic, America was ordained;

a free republic she must always remain.

“We the people” - from sea to shining sea,

We must keep America the land of the free.

August 2010 by Karen Marie Crump

Constitution of the United States

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”