Independence Day

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Across
  1. 2. a right or privilege
  2. 8. on our own
  3. 10. God bless
  4. 11. devotion to and vigorous support for one's country
  5. 13. Largest signature
  6. 15. tehre were thirteen original
  7. 16. Follwowing the third
Down
  1. 1. the power or right to act, speak, or think
  2. 3. follwing the twelveth
  3. 4. a formal or explicit statement or announcement
  4. 5. rule by the people
  5. 6. Places we live
  6. 7. loyalty or commitment
  7. 9. people living in the same country and government
  8. 12. a device containing gunpowder
  9. 13. the seventh month
  10. 14. aka a frankfurter,
  11. 16. forever may it wave