Patriots pen
Emily Becker
Appreciation and Gratitude
In this piece I was trying to show the importance that the founding fathers were to the formation of this country. Not just saying thank you but saying thank you for the incredible thing they did to build up our country.
The founding fathers wanted pure American liberty. The founding fathers wanted a properly limited government. The founding fathers wanted everyone to cherish that freedom and study what will be this great nation. If I could say anything to the founding fathers today I would have to say thank you for all the things they did to make the country what it is today.
One thing I do is appreciation for those who stood up to fight for the freedom of our nation. They acted on their beliefs to declare independence and lead the country through eight years of war to achieve freedom. I would thank them for wanting everyone to have freedom to be whatever religion they choose and to be able to stand up in public and express our ideas for everyone to hear.
After the founding fathers fought for many years to to achieve the gift of freedom, they formed the first government under Washington D.C. and served in the first Congress. Their legacy can be found in all aspects of the American government. They gave us a government that combined responsibility and accountability. This form of political practice gave us the responsibility to hold our government accountable for their actions, but every democracy has its problems. As president Thomas Jefferson once said, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never can be.”
Talking to the founding fathers today would be impossible, but if I had the opportunity to, I would thank them for all the things they accomplished. A lot of people look at the economy today and grumble about what is going on in our government, but how many of those people stop to think about how much different the world would be without the founding fathers?
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