Liberty Bell

Liberty Bell is an epic poem depicting the War for Independence in the founding of the United States of America. Recounting events that transpired between April 19, 1775 through the year 1783, the poem celebrates the courage and the vision of the individuals who strove to establish a Nation based upon the Rights of Man.

Table of Content

Proem

1. Lexington

2. Concord

3. Travelling News

4. Bunker Hill: Digging In

5. Bunker Hill: The Red Waves

6. The Continental Army

7. Slow Work and Urgent Need

8. The Narrow Path of Freedom

9. Dorchester Heights

10. Changing Posts

11. To Form a New Government

12. Strategies and Contingencies

13. Declaring Independence

14. The Fire Boats

15. The Terrible Weight

16. The Battle of Long Island

17. Saving the Continental Army

18. The Keenness of the Edge

19. Kips Bay and Hell’s Gate

20. A Narrow Escape

21. The Battle of Harlem Heights

22. Direction and Decision

23. The Battle of White Plains

24. The Thinning Ranks

25. The March through New Jersey

26. The Battle of Trenton

27. Staying a Step Ahead

28. The Battle of Princeton

29. Burgoyne’s Plan

30. Fort Stanwix

31. Night Sortie

32. The Battle of Oriskany

33. Burgoyne’s Foraging Party

34. The Battle of Bennington

35. Crossing the River

36. The Battle of Freeman Farm

37. The Foolish Fight Within

38. The Battle of Bemis Heights

39. Commission and Commitment

40. The Battle of Brandywine

41. Beaten yet Undefeated

42. The Battle of Germantown

43. Mud Island

44. Fort Mercer

45. Assignment and Reliance

46. The End of the Year of the Hangman

47. Valley Forge

48. The Conway Cabal

49. Feu-de-Joie

50. Balancing Judgement

51. Monmouth: Catastrophe

52. Monmouth: Victory

53. Colonel Clark’s Frontier Expedition

54. Making a Way

55. The Sugar Camp

56. A Mind-Set for Victory

57. The Battle of Vincennes

58. John Paul Jones

59. Charleston

60. Changing Command

61. The Battle of Camden

62. Benedict Arnold’s Treason

63. British Advance in the Carolinas

64. The Battle of King’s Mountain

65. Attack upon Virginia

66. The Weather of War

67. The Battle of Cowpens

68. Maneuvering Armies

69. The Battle of Guilford Courthouse

70. Conditions of Development

71. Management and Expedience

72. The March to Yorktown

73. Tightening the Vise

74. Removing All Doubt

75. Victory

76. Independence

Epilogue

Acknowledgement

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