What Are America's Gifts To My Generation

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“America’s Gift to My Generation”

Have you ever just sat down to visualize and imagine how fortunate you really are to live in America? In my generation, America has blessed each and everyone of us. Do you really understand who makes this all possible? I know you might be thinking your parents but it is the President, Mr. Trump. There are many gifts that America has provided for us. Maybe you just haven’t spent the time to realize it.

Even though the world’s surface is covered with 71 percent water, it is mostly salt water and is not drinkable. Only about three percent of that water is fresh and drinkable. Of that three percent, only one percent is readily available for consumption. Not everyone is able to have drinkable water.

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