The Outcome

Intro by Laurie Epps

Happy Birthday America!

As you go out for your barbecue, cookout, or fireworks display with your friends or family today, I'd like you to consider what our forefathers went through to forge this great nation of ours. What they were doing was standing up for what they believed in, and this is not a small feat. In fact, at the time, it was a form of tyranny. Some of the possible disciplinary actions included imprisonment and even death.

As I have learned about our forefathers as both college student and home schooling mom, I can say these were very noble, honorable, and well educated men. Our government was founded on principles of the Ancient Greeks, and Romans with influences that also formed offices of Parliament in England and now those same ideals still influence countries forming a democratic government today.

The Outcome

By Ellen Brooke Epps

The drums are now sounding

A revolution is coming

German ships are grounding

We've felt the stirring in our breasts

It's starting now, our war for independence

The time is now to end all injustice

We'll call it the land of the free

Once we're freed of the king's tyranny

Parliament abused their position foolishly

King George was warned

That the outcome would be war

But those warnings were ignored

Though many Americans have been slew

Our hearts beat brave and true

We will defend our rights to liberty and justice

 Ellen Brooke is my daughter and the better version of me. Ellen is a true genius and entering a connect to college program this fall. A ballerina since the age of four, Ellen was junior company with Carolina Ballet Theatre through this past year. Always off on an adventure, Ellen dreams of being an engineer someday.