Freedom
Two hundred years ago, the word freedom had an entirely different meaning than it does to Americans today. When our founding fathers arrived in the New World, freedom meant the release from England's stranglehold. They were trying to escape the social and religious restrictions that were present in England. America brought new opportunities to the pilgrims both socially and economically. A new nation was beginning to form, while England thought they still had control over the thirteen colonies. At the time England was the most powerful and wealthiest nation in the world. On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was written and presented to England. This document is probably one of the best symbols of freedom in America's history in that this marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Against overwhelming odds we would go on to fight the more powerful English. Thousands of men and women died fighting for our freedom, the same freedom we as Americans have today. Today in America freedom does not mean what it did in the past. Most of us take our freedom for granted. We really can not blame ourselves, because we as Americans, mainly in the age group of eighteen to thirty, were born with our freedoms handed
to us. When something is given to you, it does not mean as much to you if you would have earned it yourself. We wake up everyday knowing that we can walk down our street No matter what kind of government exists or what laws are printed on a piece of paper, freedom will always come from within. Freedom provides you with the courage to fight for what is right. Freedom is why you can feel proud and discouraged when you see an American Flag draped over a coffin. You feel proud because you know that underneath the flag exists the greatest symbol of freedom, integrity, and love for one's country and you feel discouraged because that symbol of freedom was lost. Americans need to realize that this symbol of freedom can be reincarnated within them. America can mean going to a baseball game, while freedom to a boy in Afghanistan can mean living. There are a lot of things Americans can do to not only understand what freedom means to them, but be able to exercise their freedoms to their fullest extent. So many Americans live in their own little world, oblivious to what is going on around them. They do not think they can make a difference so they do not get involved in their community or government. A great example of this is voting. Statistics show that only about fifty percent of the nation votes. Most people think that their vote does not count. Americans need to realize that every vote counts. The ones that do vote usually do not even know why they are voting for a candidate. Most of the
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