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Personal Essay: My Responsibility To America

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In every country there are responsibilities. In America we as citizens have very many responsibilities. My responsibility to America is to honor the flag and those who fought and are fighting for it. We have many brave souls fighting to keep America free. It’s my responsibility to recognize the sacrifice that they made for America. We have lots of freedom in America and it’s our job to protect it. Many of the families of those serving the country go through such hard times worrying about if their loved one is alright. I think it should be our responsibility as a nation to help these families. They should get all the help they need, because someone from their family is making huge sacrifice to our country. It is my responsibility to America to treat these families with as much respect as I can.
In America a symbol of our freedom is our flag, so when people desecrate the flag it triggers something in my mind. It just proves to me that not everyone is proud to live in America and have freedom. As an American it is my responsibility to respect and protect the American flag. It makes me so sad to see that …show more content…

I wish I could help every last one of them, but I can’t. As americans our responsibility as a whole should be to get these homeless veterans off the streets and into homes. I think that all veterans should be honored instead of being homeless. Just by the sacrifice that they made, I believe they should get at least a house if they didn’t already have one. I believe that can be the least we do for these brave men and women who have served our country. I respect every veteran who has fought for my freedom as well as the freedom of others. I also respect their families, because they had to live with the thought of maybe not seeing that family member again. I believe that it is my responsibility as an American to, if nothing else, respect the men and women who served as well as their

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