The old...

...girl made it, through another year,
oil stained and fought over, could the end be near?
Not very likely she's been through tough times,
and always comes out, dressed to the nines.

So! Happy Birthday, old girl, you deserve the best,
but she takes them all, and gives them fair rest;
two hundred thirty-four years, and still going strong,
it's her birthday, but she brings us along.

Happy Fourth of July, 2010.

Fourth of July, Bangor, Maine - - don't know what year.