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Tracey M. Cox
writer & children’s book reviewer

My
Tribute
to
America

This page is dedicated to the rememberance of:

The ones gone - you won't be forgotten.

The ones who go day after day to help - we are forever grateful.

And to America.

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you.

I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of America
And to the Republic for which it stands
One nation, under GOD, indivisible,
With liberty, and justice for all.

GOD bless America land that I love
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above
From the mountains to the praries
To the oceans with with foam
GOD bless America my home sweet home
GOD bless America my home sweet home

by Irving Berlin

My country tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the pilgrims pride
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring

by Samuel F. Smith (1832)

RED is for the blood that has run
WHITE is for the peace to come
BLUE is for the promise of a new day
STARS are for heaven to which we pray

by Tracey M. Cox (2001)

America, The Beautiful
-Katharine Lee Bates (1913)


O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!





I wear this ribbon upon
my chest
Close to my heart to
show the rest
That I won't forget the
ones who were lost
They paid with their lives,
the ultimate cost
It's for the cries of
thousands without a sound
And for the cries of
a country when the buildings
came down
To show that when the
dust settled and cleared
A faint song is what you
could hear

As the days pass the song
does grow
You can see it, hear it where
ever you go
The bells around the world
for freedom ring
Voices can be heard for
freedom they sing
For once America is a
country united we stand
The song rings out from a
freedom land
So for the people from the
tragedy of a Tueday morn
You didn't die in vain, our
country was reborn.

by Tracey M. Cox (2001)

God Bless the U.S.A.
by Lee Greenwood
If tomorrow all the things were gone
I'd worked for all my life,
And I had to start again
with just my children and my wife,
I'd thank my lucky stars
to be living here today,
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom
and they can't take that away.

I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died
who gave that right to me,
And I gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today,
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.
From the lakes of Minnesota
to the hills of Tennessee,
Across the plains of Texas
from sea to shining sea.
From Detroit down to Houston
and New York to L.A.,
There's pride in every American heart
and it's time we stand and say:

I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died
who gave that right to me,
And I gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today,
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics
By Francis Scott Key (1814)

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?





A candle lit in rememberance.
To the survivors.
To the family and friends of the ones who have passed on.
To a day that will not be forgotten.







Thank you Alaska Joe, USA Flag Site, Animation Factory, Best Animations, & Clip Art Warehouse for the use of your graphics!