  Original poem by Mrs. C. M. O'Hara, Greenville, Ga., read on the Fourth of July, 1912, at the meeting of David Meriwether Chapter: It has been one hundred and thirty-six years Since our forefathers laid aside all fears Of the mother country, and boldly said: The price of liberty in blood should be paid. The Continental Congress in Philadelphia met And resolved that we should independence get, Thomas Jefferson wrote a long declaration, Which England said was a sad desecration. So our mother tried to exercise her right To tax her children and forbidding the fight. The battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill and others Showed England that we were no longer brothers, After the first gun of the revolution was heard The Americans lost fear of King George the third; They determined with Franklin together to stand And hold fast at any cost the cherished land. Over a century has passed, the patriots are dust, In the homes of many daughters their good swords rust, But the celebration of Independence on the Fourth of July In the hearts of Americans we trust will never die. |
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