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We Are The Red, White, And Blue

Three cheers to The United States of America.

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Recently, the world has started to become undone. Terrorism has started to become a global fear in government and people. There are groups of people in the Middle East who wish to bring harm to those who have differences in religious and cultural beliefs. This article will not mention that group of people, because they do not deserve the privilege to be named.

The terror attacks in Brussels and Paris really awakened the fear of traveling and made a lot of people unsafe.

Sometimes, this country needs to be reminded of who we truly are. With the countless attacks, we lose a little sight of who we are due to being blinded by fear and hysteria that sometimes is portrayed in the media.

We are the United States of America. We are Americans.

We are the land of the free and the home of the brave. We welcome whomever to our country and welcome them with open arms. That was the philosophy which this great country was founded on.

Currently, we are facing the possibility of a terror attacks happening anywhere in the world.

We are currently divided due to a presidential election where all the candidates have their positive and negative qualities. Regardless of your political beliefs or what you believe in regards to religion or culture, we are all one. One group of people, one country.

People in other countries talk badly about us but have no clue what it's like to be born into such an amazing country. We can go to the desert and then the mountains in one day. We can move from the snow belt of the north to the Caribbean-like temperatures of the south.

We can do what we want and say what we please. We're allowed to start our own businesses, have our own families, and go to college where we want.

We truly have the freedoms some countries do not give to their citizens.

We stood together through the 9/11 tragedy and the Boston Bombings. We came together to help our fellow Americans who were left homeless after Hurricane Katrina. We can make it through anything.

We need to stop fighting each other and being offended at literally everything.

With the group in the Middle East trying to knock us down, we will remind them of who we are, and I know we can stand as one again to define our country's strengths.

Thank you to the people who have given up their lives to serve our country. Sometimes, we forget to thank our troops, and we need to remember that we would not be this great country without them fighting against the groups of people who despise us.

Thank you again.

I pledge an allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

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