What Is America's Gift To My Generation
America's gift to my generation
Do you know when our national anthem first came to be the official anthem of the United States of America? The anthem was written by Francis Scott Key and became the official American anthem on March 3, 1931. America's gift to my generation is freedom of expression. Freedom of expression means we have the right to express our opinions in many ways. Currently, the professional football players of our nation seem to be using their freedom of expression to, in my opinion, disgrace our country's anthem.
The athletes have been disrespecting out county by kneeling during the anthem and not putting their hand on their heart. The Star Spangled Banner has been played at the beginning of NFL games
since 1945. The coaches and athletes didn't want to forget about those who fought and died in the war just because the war was over. They wanted to respect our veterans in this way. Some athletes have even gone as far as to hide in the locker rooms to avoid the anthem. To me this seems like they have forgotten why we stand for the anthem and have put their own causes ahead of this important tradition. But it's not all teams, it's certain teams such as, Cleveland Browns, the Raiders and the Cowboys. These are only a few of the teams that have had some of their athletes kneel for the anthem. This isn't only affecting NFL teams, but all levels of athletes and even little leagues. I feel this is teaching children to do something that they think is alright because their idols do it, but really they are learning something very disrespectful. I think, this has affected the people of our society in a negative way, because people are learning to disrespect those who have fought and died for our country. The tradition of standing for the National anthem is a tradition that I think needs to be kept going for generations to come.
Do you know when our national anthem first came to be the official anthem of the United States of America? The anthem was written by Francis Scott Key and became the official American anthem on March 3, 1931. America's gift to my generation is freedom of expression. Freedom of expression means we have the right to express our opinions in many ways. Currently, the professional football players of our nation seem to be using their freedom of expression to, in my opinion, disgrace our country's anthem.
The athletes have been disrespecting out county by kneeling during the anthem and not putting their hand on their heart. The Star Spangled Banner has been played at the beginning of NFL games
since 1945. The coaches and athletes didn't want to forget about those who fought and died in the war just because the war was over. They wanted to respect our veterans in this way. Some athletes have even gone as far as to hide in the locker rooms to avoid the anthem. To me this seems like they have forgotten why we stand for the anthem and have put their own causes ahead of this important tradition. But it's not all teams, it's certain teams such as, Cleveland Browns, the Raiders and the Cowboys. These are only a few of the teams that have had some of their athletes kneel for the anthem. This isn't only affecting NFL teams, but all levels of athletes and even little leagues. I feel this is teaching children to do something that they think is alright because their idols do it, but really they are learning something very disrespectful. I think, this has affected the people of our society in a negative way, because people are learning to disrespect those who have fought and died for our country. The tradition of standing for the National anthem is a tradition that I think needs to be kept going for generations to come.