Challenge
July Drabble Challenge: MURRICA
Tell me a story tied to the USA in exactly 100 words. Winning entry will be selected by me and will be a prose, not poetry, submission. Wow me with your lean, mean, American tale in honor of the Fourth of July. Take it in a patriotic direction, an ironic spin, tell a war story, or examine the modern United States with a critical eye (or all of the above). Tie in to the theme in any creative storytelling way you can. I'll read and judge the entries in early August.
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Those That Came Before
247 years before, the Patriot soldiers crossed my hometown. Stomachs gnawing in agony with their minds in spirals. Ready to fight for independence— for the bright future of America.
247 years before, they would come ford the river by Adrian Post’s farm near Toer’s Lane. Rain would delay the British, aiding the Patriots in their victory at the Delaware River.
247 years before, hope would arise in the Patriots to keep fighting.
247 years. 10 score and 47 years.
Now America can't give us a reason to keep fighting.
247 years later, what would they think of their sacrifice now?