The Dare Boys of 1776 by Stephen Angus Cox
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"Nor I, Tom. This is the most joyous hour of my life! How delighted
father will be when we go home and tell him that it is settled, that the Declaration of Independence is a real and determined fact!" "It will please him more than anything else in the world, Dick." "Yes, yes indeed." Then lifting up his voice the patriot youth cried out loudly, his voice ringing clear as the notes of a bugle: "Down with the king! Long live Liberty! Long live Washington!" The excitement was even greater after that, and instantly the cry was taken up on every hand. Thousands shouted aloud, in a thrilling, triumphant roar: "Down with the king! Long live Liberty! Long live Washington!" People leaped and danced, and shouted till they were hoarse. They were like crazy people, but with them it was pure joy because of the thought that they were to be free, to be their own masters, independent of a tyrannical king. They had reason to be joyous and happy. It was certainly a great day for the American people-without doubt the greatest in the history of the greatest country on the face of the Globe. After awhile, when the people had calmed down to a considerable extent and were beginning to disperse to their homes, Dick and Tom Dare set |
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