Although we pledge to the swaying stars and stripes before school every morning, what does freedom truly stand for and represent for our country? Freedom means being able to have your own rights and not being controlled by a government. Freedom also represents being able to speak out towards your own government or having connections to relatives in countries all around the world! When writing the constitution, our founding fathers wanted to have citizens in power over who represents us; they also wanted for all men to be created equal and to have human rights.
As a result of these human rights, citizens of the United States of America have rights to speak out their own opinions or praise their own religion. Although we do pay taxes to our government