Dear Founding Fathers,
You created this magnificent country through hard work and determination
making it very successful. Although a lot has changed since the time you were
alive, the United States of America has stayed united and prideful throughout
the ups and downs it’s gone through. There are a couple incidents that occurred
that I would like to inform you about, where our love for our country couldn’t
have been more evident. 9/11, the Vietnam War, and the Great Depression are
just some of our country’s low points
where patriotism was shown. If it weren’t for the respect and fortitude of
America’s citizens we may not have gotten through these disasters.
Even though respect and fortitude were shown following the
events of 9/11, the motive was created through hate on our country. On
September 11, 2001 a terrorist attack took place when three hijacked airplanes
crashed into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.
Nearly three thousand innocent people died that day, and over one trillion
dollars has been lost trying to repair our country. In return to the terrorism,
the United States transported over ten thousand soldiers, to Iraq, who wanted to fight for their country. For
over 10 years America has continued to fight back against the Iraquian people
for the three thousand innocent lives that were stolen on 9/11.
Although an overwhelming number of people lost their lives
on September 11th, more than ten times that number of people lost
their lives during the Vietnam War. This war was one of the most deadly wars,
the United States of America had ever faced. Over fifty million American
soldiers lost their lives defending their country. However, using America’s
most courageous soldiers who fought as
hard as they could for twenty long and depressing years, the United States was
victorious.
Since the Vietnam War
lasted twenty years it’s hard to imagine something seeming never-ending, but for
the citizens of America, the Great Depression seemed to go on forever. During
the Great Depression a lot of people were out of jobs, and America’s economy was
moving rapidly downhill. Some Americans thought we
would never make it through that gruesome time, but through patience and
persistence our economy slowly started to heal.
Even though America successfully recovered from the Great
Depression, we will face many more obstacles as a country, and we need the same
patriotism and respect for America that helped us through incidents like 9/11, the
Vietnam War, and the Great Depression. Our country, the country you created and
founded has turned out to be for the most part, very successful, so from the
bottom of my heart and the hearts of many Americans thank you for all you did for this country.
Sincerely,
Shelby
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