What does America mean to you?

Question

America means to me to be free. The soliders are fighting for our rights as American's. I am thankful for all they do for us. I pray every night for them to be safe where-ever they are and that they all have a safe return. In America you have so many rights. Some people take them for granted. You see all different kinds of people protesting the WAR and all kinds of people supporting the WAR. I support our president. If we can not support him than what do we have left.

Answer 1

What is America to me?
A name, a map, the flag I see,
a certain word, "Democracy."
What is America to me?

The house I live in, a plot of earth, a street,
The grocer and the butcher and the people that I meet,
The children in the playground, the faces that I see;
All races, all religions, that's America to me.

The place I work in, the worker at my side,
The little town or city where my people lived and died,
The "howdy" and the handshake, the air of feeling free,
The right to speak my mind out, that's America to me.

The things I see about me, the big things and the small,
The little corner newsstand and the house a mile tall;
The wedding and the churchyard, the laughter and the tears,
The dream that's been a growin' for two hundred thirty years

The town I live in the street, the house, the room,
The pavement of the city, or a garden all in bloom,
The church, the school, the club house, the million lights I see,
But especially the people, that's America to me.

(Frank Sinatra, Written by Earl Robinson & Lewis Allen)

Answer 2

The United States of America means the Constitution, the Declaration and all that we've gained since.

It is not the military or the president; those are not what makes this country great because every country has those or their equivalents.

To me, every American I meet is a special person, one of the 'men created equal' that Jefferson was talking about. I love the trust and courtesy that Americans extend to one another, the generosity that characterizes the people from here. Any time I can give to or help another American, I feel privileged.

Answer 3

Very beautifuly but at the same time if Hitler was your President would you support him. Geogre Bush has not done anything I can say that helped the country. America is everything you say it is and more fighting wars that don;t concern us and invading innocent countries. Encourgeing Isarel with what they are doinhg to Lebanon which is so worng. Over This country stands for Justice and I pray it can adminster it the right way. God Really did Bless America. So lets keep it Blessed.

Answer 4

In the 1970's & 80's, Superman stood for "Truth, Justice, and the American way" Now Superman stans for "Truth, Justice, and all that stuff...."

So I guess pop culture no longer believes America stands for Truth and Justice. I still do.

I am free to speak the truth unlike people in other countries and Justice is more of a true justice in the USA than in most dictatorships.
To be an "American" means I have great freedoms which I should cherish and support all efforts to realistically preserve those rights and freedoms.

Answer 5

America means the best country in the world to me...I thank the dear sweet Lord everday that I live here in a land where 1000's of brave young men and women will take up arms and fight for my freedom...and as for the war...I hope to find my country in the right but I will stand behind it right or wrong

Answer 6

Well, it sound like you are very patriotic and that's good. I don't mean any disrespect but I am very disappointed with our lovely president because ever since he came everything has gone down the shi.t hole. I think this war BS is gotten out of hand our soldiers have lives and family and they don't come to see them EVER again. Our gases prices are ridiculous, living in general, he's putting more attention to idiotic things that aren't even close to what the real issues are. Seems to me he's trying to deal with his father's old war.
Now war is not the answer to anything. It's VIOLENCE! It's like this gang bangers should tell them it's okay to keep on killing each other! NO, it's not cuz it's never ganna end. Just what are we teaching children, that's okay to deal violence. Well, I'm total against it! But to each es own. He's makes me sick to my stomach. I could hardly wait till he's out of the White House! He's a joke!

Answer 7

If you feel that Americans are fighting for "rights"... As long as you define your rights as the "right to kill innocent woman and children", then your definition stands true...

Why not ask this question to a mother in another country who's child has been killed at the hands of an American soldier or supplied weapon?

The only thing that we can truly draw from your question is - the definition of an American has truly changed in the last decade and will continue to evolve...

Answer 8

I believe America the ideal stands for freedom as well. But to me that freedom means the ability to live my life as I see as long as it doesn't adversely affect others.

I also believe it means the right to protest a war that was not necessary, cost lives of 2500+ American soldiers (not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians), and created the biggest deficit in history.

This freedom also entails the right to not be beratted by militant religious people for not following their religion. They have the right to practice their religion, but not at the expense of my right to practice mine. For those that claim evangelizing as a requirement of their religion - if my religion required human sacrafice it would be just as illegal.

I could go on, but there is work.

Answer 9

I agree with you. I always though America was special, but I spent one semester studying aboard and came home with an even greater appreciation. Alot of people spend time complaining, but do not have the drive I see in American people to better themselves. Also with the Constitution we have alot more to be thankful for than others. Too many people here take it for granite.

Answer 10

im totally with you on this one. my history teacher brought up a very good point, look at the past battles that the US has fought in, they took TIME, none of them were resolved in 3 months. people think that it is so easy to go to a country and totally change their way of living/thinking, that is not possible, it takes time, i dont see why people cant seem to understand that. ive been to iraq, ive seen how it is, and those people need our help. ive seen the way that other countries live and it makes me so thankful for everything we have, all the freedoms that other people cannot even imagine having.