When I Came To America Essay

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My vison for America is a place that I can never trade for to live somewhere else. America is the place that was established from our founding fathers. We have the rights to be our own individual, and to accomplish our dream. Everyone in America is being treated equally. We have the rights to own the twenty seven amendment. Like every other immigrants from other country who would sacrifice everything they had for their children and their family to be in a better place. Our veterans put their lives on the line in order to protect the freedoms that we are enjoying today.
When I was 6 years old, my family all immigrated to the United States. I remember when my dad used to tell me that our family have to scarify a lot to be where we are today. He used to tell me that we are very lucky to be immigrated to the US. Everyone that never go through this would never feel how tough and eager my parents were. They both have to wait for at least 12-15 years for all the paper works to be finalize and to get visas approval. Luckily
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I will definitely insure that the future of America will still be the same as today, where every children and their family can enjoy the freedom and liberty. In the future I want my kid, and grandchildren to never know what war mean is. I will always remember from Father Dennis Edward O’Brien USMC saying, “It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press, it is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the organizer, who gave us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the

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