Define What It Means To Be An American?

What it means to be an american

There are many ways to describe the american identity today like family traditions or or how you feel in time of tragedy. Another way to describe an american identity is the age of the person. How old the person is will affect their american identity because they have seen more than us more tragedy and that may have shaped their identity differently according to how long they have been around. A person who has been around longer knows more about America. How does our generation define what it means to be an American today in the 21st century. One of the things that can tell you how our generation defines what it is to be an American is how you act in a time of tragedy. I know that there hasn't been a lot of tragedy in our lifetime but I think that the biggest tragedy in our lifetime is the Boston Bombing. I remember in fifth grade turning the television on CNN and watching the chaos happen to the innocent people there. Thank goodness there were only 3 death and not more but, there were still a lot of injured people who had to go to the hospital.
I know I was not alive at the time but I have still seen the images of the aftermath and how awful the the damage was and for some people that day really shaped the american identity and it really I think united people in a way. Another thing that shows how our american Identity is defined is by your family traditions. Your family traditions show your american identity by the things you like to do. Also one day you will probably pass those traditions on to your kids and they will pass it on to theirs. Like some of my family traditions are hiding the pickle in the Christmas tree. Another tradition that my family does every year is driving around before Christmas and looking at Christmas