The quilt is the symbol for Quilts of a Country in all of the various backgrounds, but at times we will still find where we will come together as Americans. First, the text states: “With the end of the cold war there was the creeping concern that without a focus for hatred and disgust, a sense of national identity would evaporate, that the left sign of the hyphen- African-American, Mexican-American, Irish-American- would overwhelm the right.” This goes to ask about why we …show more content…
First, some evidence would be that the speech contains: “It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here for the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.” This leads us to think about the unfinished work that was spoken of which would be the fairness that we should be fighting for - a great cause. Next, another piece of evidence, the speech states, “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.” This points towards how they were fighting for such a cause that everybody needed to be in it together. In conclusion, the symbol focuses on people fighting as one country for one significant