We watched the fireworks from a neighbor's dock as they exploded over and over again above the waters of City Lake. The sound of each firecracker echoed off the nearby quarry and I am sure the entire town could hear the Independence Day celebration going on in our neighborhood. The neighbors across the lake and near us seemed to be battling to see who could produce the best display. What is so fantastic is that they do this every year! San Augustine people are proud and thankful for the soldiers that fought and continue to fight for our freedom! Let freedom continue to burst forth above the water and echo throughout the town of San Augustine and the entire nation!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
and this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
The Star Spangled Banner, last verse
Francis Scott Key, 1814
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