[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 10, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E993]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, IN HONOR OF AMERICA'S 242ND BIRTHDAY

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 10, 2018

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of America's 242nd 
birthday this Fourth of July, with a poetic tribute penned by Albert 
Carey Caswell to be included in the Record.

                       Born on the Fourth of July

                       (By Albert Carey Caswell)

     Born on The Fourth of July
     As out towards Freedom and Independence a future Nation would 
           cry
     With its Founding Fathers casting their dye
     With a Decoration of Independence, they all signed
     Knowing full well it could mean death they would find
     Declaring a Decoration of Independence was but their battle 
           cry
     As Thomas Jefferson created a work of art which now stands 
           the test of time
     And a Constitution so sublime
     Sent out into a future for a world to remind
     Of what hearts of courage full in search for Independence and 
           Freedom can find
     As a template,
     to build the very bedrock upon which will stand the sands of 
           time
     And on this day with all of our families celebrating we must 
           find
     The cost of Freedom for all of us to remind
     As we should stand with tear in eye
     In our Nation's Pride
     For all of our brave men and women,
     who throughout the generations have fought and died,
     Of such selfless sacrifice so fine
     With hearts of courage full in our Lord's eyes so divine
     Who one day a place in heaven would find
     As now comes to mind
     Are all of those families who are no longer together in time
     Who together no longer can celebrate this Fourth of July
     As its for them and their lost loved ones we cry
     Who we should be worshiped on high,
     So as we watch the rockets' red glare,
     And all those fireworks exploding in air,
     Holding our families close there,
     Remember all of those who throughout the generations who've 
           cared.
     Those brave women and men like our Founding Forefathers 
           who've dared
     To stand tall and fight for our Freedoms and Independence we 
           declared
     And how the cost of Freedoms leaves these families hearts of 
           the lost loved ones so bare
     Who live with the kind of pain only Heaven can repair.
     So, on this day give thanks and give prayer
     For all the magnificent and their families who took up the 
           battle who dared
     And fight for our Freedom and Independence declare
     As it all started 242 years ago
     When the blossoms of Freedom were planted to bloom and grow
     All planted by our Founding Fathers there so
     Declaring a Declare ration of Independence for all the world 
           to know
     And nourished throughout the years,
     by all of our braves sons and daughters here
     Who have shed their blood and tears
     And died here
     In this Home of The Brave and Land of The Free that we endear
     So, as you gaze into Old Glory,
     that Red, White, and Blue
     Let's remember our Forefathers Declaration of Independence 
           and all those Patriots,
     who are America's real Who's Who
     And what was Born on The Fourth of July so true.

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