Patriot’s Pen

This is my Patriots Pen essay about what I would tell the Founding Fathers if I saw them.

What is patriotism? Ask yourself that. Is it wearing an “I Love America” shirt on Fourth of July while fireworks burst in colorful explosions in the ink black sky? Is it putting your arm up to your heart and singing the National Anthem every day? Or is it the men who leave their families behind and sacrifice their lives for our country, just because they unconventionally love it? That is true patriotism.

            I’m in Independence Hall next to all the Founding Fathers, the bright July sunlight shining into the quiet building as the last person scrawls their name in perfect cursive. Would I want break to our country’s forerunners that would they worked hard for would just eventually fade into something that is in an American’s daily life? For example, lazily reciting the Pledge of Allegiance every morning during school or taking off your hat at a football game reluctantly as someone’s angel voice pierces the air. If any of us lived in a less blessed country, we would realize how special America is. In Africa, their leaders would rather kidnap children and cause bloodshed. In America, at least the government only steals your money.

            After hearing information like that, how do you think the Founding Fathers feel? Would they work so hard to make a country if they knew people would just eventually take it for granted? If the Founding Fathers knew how America was today, we probably wouldn’t have America.