Are you Really Proud of Your Country

Authors note:
I had a really hard time with this topic. i had a hard time figuring out what to write about but I got some ideas about what to write about. The conclusion was also difficult.
 More than 60% of the world’s countries have freedom. It is disappointing to think that countries can’t come together and have freedom. Other countries look at the U.S.A and wonder what it would be like to have freedom, but we have never had to experience that feeling because we are a free proud country.

If I think about everything that makes our country free, there is a part that I am not proud of. That is the fact that there are people away from their families fighting to keep our country free but yet a person won’t take five minutes out of their day to vote. You hear people complain all over the place about their countries political leaders when the person that is complaining might not even have voted. You can’t complain about something unless you’re going to try to do something about it.

What does the pledge allegiance really mean? We say the pledge every day at school but how many of the kids that say the pledge know what it actually means. Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance means that a person will be supportive and faithful to the United States of America. This stands for liberty and justice for all. Schools around the world should do more research about the history of the pledge of allegiance. How many people know that the original form of the pledge was, "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic, for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Also in 1923 the words "the Flag of the United States of America" were added. Making it read "I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." In 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," creating the pledge we say today. Today it reads, "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Everyone should be proud of this country and make good choices for there are people away from their families fighting for your freedom. We should take advantage of the freedom we have because not all countries have that freedom.