must have some memorial day stuff here right...

here's the essay i wrote for history class:

The service and sacrifices of America’s veterans benefits us in so many ways. When you think back to the beginnings of our great country you remember our founding fathers, the pilgrims, the Native Americans, and you remember the soldiers that fought against the king’s army. You remember the blood, sweat, and tears that our sons, husbands, brothers, and fathers who endured to fight for a freedom that each of us takes for granted to this day. We are born with a freedom under the Constitution of the United States of America and the Bill of Rights because our soldiers risked their lives for the generations that followed. If it weren’t for them we would probably still be living under the rule of the king of England and England’s current laws.
According to Wikipedia.com, Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day, is a holiday that “commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country” and Veteran’s Day is a holiday “honoring military veterans.” Veterans consist of any and all those who enlisted in the army and have been deployed. This means any person that has served in the army, whether they were serving as a cook, a mail man, a cadet, or a sergent are all veterans. Usually when we hear veteran we think of those who fought in a war. But most times we don’t think of all those on the front line because even a cook can be on the front line providign for those in combat. That cook does have a firearm and is always in danger of becoming injured or killed while nurishing our soliders.
Our military consists of five branches, the Army, the Marine Corps, the Navy, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard. All those who serve in the military work every day to protect our country. According to goarmy.com, America’s soldiers protect “America’s freedoms at home and abroad, securing our homeland, and defending democracy worldwide.” In WWII our soldiers protected us from a monster that, if he wasn’t stopped, could have taken the world by storm. Because our freedom, homeland, and democracy were in danger and because democracy in other countries was being destroyed our government joined the fight. When our country defends democracy those who are fighting are defending the individual protected rights and equality of the people living under the said democracy. We also protect the right of the people to participate in the government and be protected under the rule of law.
If Hitler had not been stopped one wouldn’t be able to write this essay because one’s freedom of speech would have been revoked. If one were writing an essay it would probably be in German. And if one had survived after being born with dark skin, brown eyes, and dark brown hair, then one might not be able to go to school, and therefore would not know how to write. Under Hitler’s rule if you spoke out against him or did not agree with his policies then you would be punished and most likely killed.
Another example of how our veterans benefit us is the soldiers that served in the current Iraq War. When we entered Iraq it was under the assumption that there were weapons of mass destruction in the country, a statement that many countries, including France, told our President was true, and because the people were suffering under their ruler, Saddam Hussein. Weapons of mass destruction are a threat to everyone and our military’s goal is, again, to protect “America’s freedoms at home and abroad, securing our homeland, and defending democracy worldwide’’ for us to stand by would be going against our military’s promise to our country. We defended Iraq’s democracy and began to secure our homeland by searching for the said weapons of mass destruction.
Everyday our soldiers are working to protect our country and democracy worldwide. We must be thankful to them and honor not only the vets but also those who are currently serving our country. Without our brave soldiers, male and female, our world and the things that we take for granted would not be the same.


THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE SERVING AND WHO HAVE SERVED!