33294 - Independence Day

N. Lygeros

Fourth of July 1776
not only for fireworks
but to remember
the adoption
from the 13 colonies
of the Declaration
of Independence
the historic
document
of Thomas Jefferson
after the war
of Revolution
because
they wanted
the end
of English monarchy
and the triumph
of Liberty
and after 1812
and the victory
they created
the Star-Spangled Banner.