Beneath these spacious skies and Diablo’s majestic face

We’re called to give thanks on this day of days

For our forbearers’ fortitude, their refusal to be held hostage to tyranny

And their call to create something bold and right, new and true

Sweet land of liberty

In the beginning, they swore their allegiance to this flag

The one that waves high and proud above us all

A silent reminder of the hard-won fight

For independence and the freedom to live and love in peace

Inherited through their commitment and courage

To care for one another, our greatest hope

It is our right, it is our duty, it is our absolute honor

To stay involved and connected to the future unfolding before us

We hold these truths to be self-evident that

We are called, today and every day

To pause and remember, to see ourselves and our history reflected in the stars and stripes

To keep up the fight for equality

And the unalienable pursuit of liberty and justice for all