A Short List of Rules for Considerate Conduct

A short list of rules for considerate conduct
Ought best to be shared for how well they instruct

Pay attention oft and acknowledge others
Think the best listen, they are your brothers
Be inclusive, speak kindly, and do not speak ill
Accept, give praise, while accepting "no" still

For it is both good to have opinions and be agreeable
And contention brings strife that's clearly foreseeable

How-to on Civility by P. M. Forni
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Being Respectful

Being respectful in differences of thought
Is a principle for which this nation fought
Not through arms but by diplomacy
As we are a country framed in democracy

To follow the precepts our forefathers wrote
We make decisions through popular vote
If we do not like something that we see about
Our voice can be heard and our Congressman sought out

Patience is the key for changes to be won
For it takes a lot of hands for something to get done
More important than anything a citizen can protest
Is to have high morals and help children be their best

A country is as good as its people, it's a fact
For if it weren't, what laws of decency would stay intact?
There's only so much a government can do
For they are the servants of fellow countrymen too

Religious Freedom Day

It takes a leap of faith
To create a nation strong
Good morals are needed to frame
A foundation of right and wrong

I give my thanks today
For the freedom of religion
That I have the choice to pray
And choose a church I believe in

To those who paid the price
And against tyranny did fight
I give thanks they'd sacrifice
For each inalienable right

With the Bill of Rights declared
Our country could expand
Through each suffrage shared
Liberty's now established to each hand

In each instance it took faith
Through God given convictions
To stand up and face
Limitations and restrictions

Without Martin Luther King
How could all men unite?
Without women following
How could each enjoy freedom's light?

For, in the image of God each has worth
No matter our age, sex, size, or race
From conception these rights give birth
Divinely given to embrace

True religion and good morals
are the only solid foundations
of public liberty's happiness
Continental Congress 1778

Two Years into the War of 1812

Two years into the war of 1812
The White House was seized and burned
The President was safe thus there was hope still
And for striking back, hard, we turned

Some soldiers were cut off and captured
In a small town the British retaliated
As from his bed a doctor was seized
The fighting, thus, escalated

Our government seeking to free
This elderly doctor and friend
Sent of two, (one Francis Scott Key)
To offer a prisoner exchange in the end

A flag of truce was waved
They entered the British ship
And the exchange was made
Though, not yet, were they allowed to trip

The battle that night was fierce
With combatants, each other pursuing
It would take sunshine to pierce
Through the smoke from the battle ensuing

Fort McHenry had little defense
Its large flag would tell it all
Through the night, nervous and tense
In the morning, how it stood tall!

Overcome by the sight, with much emotion
Key wrote most of the words to a song
As a patriot, expressing devotion
To our God, who had kept the land strong

He continued to write
As soon as they arrived ashore
A relative helped him find the tune that night
Then it was handbilled throughout Baltimore

Now as our national anthym
It is sung as our flag is raised
As chests filled with pride often tears brim
With the words so powerfully praised

And as each raises their eyes
Unto the flag freely waving
Let us too, look up to the skies
And give thanks to God for our saving

I love the fact that Francis Scott Key was an amateur poet (like me).
Who was better to write this than one trying to serve his country and bravely working negotiations to free an innocent and elderly man.
This banner, the largest battle flag in existence, measures 36 by 29 feet. It was made by Mrs. Mary Young Pickersgill and her two nieces for exactly $405.90. The material was cut at Mrs. Pickersgill's home, "No. 60 Albemarle Street, Old Town" (Pratt and Albemarle Streets, Baltimore), and carried to a nearby brewery, where it was sewed together in anticipation of the British attack on the fort.

America Get Ready For Greatness!

America get ready for greatness!
Remember who you are
There is heritage within us
Unite and we’ll go far

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