Personal Narrative: My Vision Of America

I tend to find myself dreaming about America, my vision of America. It is impossible to not remember the service veterans and fallen heroes have fulfilled for the well-being of our country. World War II, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq; these wars tested against our freedom, and veterans took up arms and fought until they achieved the greatest gifts of all…liberty, happiness, peace, and freedom. They sacrificed their own brave men and women. They sacrificed seeing their families and friends. They sacrificed the possibility of not waking up the next morning. While the rest of us continued on with our everyday lives, our heroic representatives were venturing through jungles where armed and ready enemies lurked in the unknown, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. They ran into battlefields where guns and machinery were firing at all different
All across America, religious institutions and individuals are being subjected to increasing restrictions on their free exercise of religion. Last year in Wichita, Kansas, a Christian minister was hauled to jail by police for sharing the gospel and handing out tracks on a public sidewalk. Apparently freedom of speech does not apply on American sidewalks any longer. In 2009, an 8 year-old boy in Massachusetts was sent home from school and was forced to undergo psychological evaluation because he drew a picture of Jesus on the cross. During a congressional hearing last year, U.S representatives warned that “Christian militants” might try to “bring down the country” and that investigation should be required. No U.S citizen should not fight for our freedom of religious practice, even if they themselves are not religious. Once they take some rights away, it will be much easier to eliminate the rest of our rights and freedom. I quote George Washington once more; “It is impossible to govern a nation without God and the