Persuasive Essay

Veterans are important because they have given us our freedom from tyrants for the past 237 years. Vets fought against the oppressors from of England during the War of Independence and the War of 1812. They continue to fight today! The estimated amount of casualties from the War of Independence was around 50,000! That means over 50,000 people died to stop England’s tyranny, in just one of two wars! In attacking Americans in the War of 1812, England sent ten times as many troops in just the last six months, than they had during all the years before. That is how much the greedy British wanted to steal the United States of America from us! Had the Veterans not stood their ground, we would all be French

Next, Veterans risked their lives for everyone in the United States of America Veterans don’t just serve to save lives,they serve because they have to fight,take risks,and to challenge themselves.

2,266,883 Americans are currently in the United States armed forces and they are risking their lives every day for the safety of our great country. They risk their lives every single day so we can be free and feel safe. The American Flag and National Anthem serves as a symbol for our troops and their sacrifice and the least we can do to thank them, is to respect the flag and stand for the National Anthem. Recently, athletes have been protesting and kneeling during the National Anthem and even turning away from the flag. People who kneel for the National Anthem are disrespecting not only our troops, but our country.

The veterans protect our country by paving the way to our freedom, therefore they should receive special attending

Having escaped rule from a tyrannical British government, the United States was founded on ideals of freedom and equality for all people. These fantasies of universal egalitarianism turned out to be merely that: fantasies. American history is full of stories of the oppressed struggling to get the rights they deserve and of the controversy over these issues that consequently ensues. “The Hypocrisy of American Slavery” by Frederick Douglass and “We Shall Overcome” by Lyndon B. Johnson are two speeches made confronting two of these issues. Douglass’s speech, delivered in 1852, condemns the institution of slavery and maintains that slaves are men and are therefore entitled to freedom. Johnson’s speech, on the other hand, was written in 1965 and discussed the civil rights movement. In it, he implored local governments to allow all American citizens, regardless of race, to vote. Despite the significant gap in time between these two addresses, both speakers use similar persuasive techniques, including ethos, pathos, and parallelism, to convince their audience that change needs to be implemented in America.

Americans lately have been arguing whether high school,college,and professional athletes (mostly football players) should stand or be allowed to kneel for the national anthem. The definition of patriotism is “vigorous support for one's country”. Just in the definition of the word, and since our flag represents our country, I say yes, we should stand and be proud for being a citizen of our great nation when the national anthem is being played and

Everyone has difference belief on the Star-Spangled Banner, but some people think that stand with their hands over their hearts is the right thing to do. There were thousands of people that died for this country and to get freedom and now some people are just taking advantage of it and forgetting about the people. They are not horned in everyone in the United States. It is mostly for honing the soldiers that are in the army for our country. Some people have just lost the site of what it is about and it for the soldier and for the past soldiers that have severed in the army for this country, Not for the who have not severed in the army and have not risk their life for a country that they love and

Doing something else to honor the flag will show other people that you love your country. Others might say that football players standing will show people that they can follow directions. Yes, but they are already showing that they can follow direction enough in the game that they are playing. It will also just show people that they are willing to do nothing different when honoring the

One of the many ways I honor the American flag is by standing with my hand over my heart for the Pledge of Allegiance and saluting the flag every morning during school. My family flies Old Glory on our porch every day. We always make sure to carry the flag with care and with purpose. By singing the National Anthem before games, we honor the flag and all that it stands for. The American flag is a symbol of our freedom, a symbol of our liberty and our human rights, and it deserves endless love and respect.

To stand or not stand? That is the question regarding the recent controversy with the National Football League. Many football players have protested against America’s oppression of African Americans and other minorities by linking arms with their peers, and kneeling while the National Anthem , The Star Spangled Banner, played in the arenas. Those who oppose this form of protest, feel as though by not standing with hand over heart, the players are disrespecting our country and the veterans who fought for it.  They have also called those who are protesting "bad Americans". Both sides have their own ideas of  “America the Beautiful”, and has their own idea of what patriotism is. What exactly is patriotism? What does a "bad American” look like? Maybe with a little more understanding of what patriotism is, we can begin to unravel the meaning of a "good American”. Only by doing so can we start to weigh in on what is right and wrong within this controversy

First of all, thousands upon thousands of soldiers have sacrificed their lives for the flag that is being disrespected by protesters. This must anger and sadden the hearts of veterans and true patriots. For example, the only football player who respected the flag at the Pittsburgh game was an army ranger. That is truly saddening, yet

Mia Hamm voiced, “I am a member of a team, and I rely on a team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.” This nation is much as a team, the citizens, government, as well as the military all a significant unit of it. Each teammate makes sacrifices for each other, some sacrifices more arduous than others, but all important, to achieve the gold. Ultimately, Veterans have safeguarded our nation's extensive history and impending future. This is by virtue of their disposition to sacrifice. Veterans are to the United States of America as a defender is to a football team, protecting all others, even in times of distress and chaos.

Not just because it flagrantly insults the concept of liberty that true patriotism embraces, but also because his focus threatens to turn standing for the national anthem into a partisan act.” (Zorn). Trump has turned the protest into a major issue because he says it is unpatriotic, but it is a vast form of patriotism. The athletes are protesting because they do not like how America is, but some cannot get over the “disrespect” to the flag. In “National anthem protests are about racism, not patriotism,” Scanlon states, “For them, America has not been well. For them, the flag stands for institutionalized racism and the obstacles they face for something as arbitrary as the color of their skin. Colin Kaepernick, the player who began the movement last year, even decided to take a knee instead of sitting after a conversation with a veteran last year. There is nothing more these players could have done to make it clear that kneeling is a way for them to bring light to issues and generate a discussion, not show disrespect for the military” (Scanlon). The athletes kneel to make a major statement and brings light to racism. Although some (including the president) find the protest disrespectful, the athletes are making a large patriotic statement. The athletes use patriotism in a form of freedom of speech for how institutional racism is still active in the U.S.

Why spend money that is really needed for other things? Why live uncomfortably? Why be trapped in this hole called a home that belongs to another person? Why not live free and peacefully? When a person rents he or she usually throws away money that could be used to purchase something that belongs to them. Money is not easy to come by so why pay out hundreds toward something that is not benefit to the person paying it out. There is no good explanation for making a decision like this. The best option in a situation like this is to buy a house. Buying a house is a better option than renting an apartment.

First, veterans are really special and kind, to fight for our country. I mean they kind of risked their lives for ours.Sometimes they have to go into war but they also go into war by their choice. Also some of the times they die but we know they died fighting for our country.