4th of July Crossword Puzzle Teaser

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Across
  1. 4. To do something special in order to remember and honor (an important event or person from the past)
  2. 6. Strength in the face of pain or grief
  3. 7. One who has served in the military for a long time
  4. 9. The date on which an event took place in a previous year.
Down
  1. 1. The quality or state of being free
  2. 2. The power or scope to act as one pleases
  3. 3. The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return to kindness
  4. 4. A building where a state's government meets
  5. 5. A condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory.
  6. 8. One who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to its protection