Authors note: I wrote about the patriot’s pen essay, which is a nationwide competition for the best written piece. The theme is “Are you proud of your country?”, but I will not enter in the competition.
Are you proud of your country? Yes. Over the last 200 years we have won our independences, survived a civil war, fought in the 2 worst wars in history, and gone though economic ups and downs. We had bad times and good times as a country. Together, we helped each other though the hard times. Together as a country, we are strong.
The United States of America has a rich history of the 200 years as a nation. It started back when settlers in the Massachusetts colony fired the first shots at British soldiers at Lexington. That first shot is called “the shot heard around the world” It started the war for American independences. The war was from 1775-1783. Many people died trying to freedom from the British. Note able American victories are Saratoga, Yorktown, and Trenton.
During the 1800’s America was divided by slavery. The south, was for slavery, and the north, which is against slavery. It kept boiling until the civil war. Over 212,900 died in 5 years of war. It was and still is the worst war America has ever been in. Some of the biggest battles were Gettysburg, Bull Run 1&2, Antietam, Shiloh, and the siege of Petersburg.
The 1900’s started with the First World War, known as the war to end all wars, and the roaring 20’s with probation. In 1929, the stock market crashed. It started the 30’s great depression. After 40’s with the Second World War, 50’s with Elvis and more famous singers came. 60’s and 70’s went by fast with the Vietnam War and hippie movements. 80’s came with technical advances.
90’s came by fast with the fall of soviet Russia, which made everybody happy.
Together, we are a strong country. All of us stand together in good and bad times. We had rich past, and have a promising future. The U.S.A. will survive anything that is thrown at us.