The American flag has been an important part of our nation, it has been around for over Two hundred years and in that time the flag has evolved physically and symbolically. The flag has inspired many songs, poems, books, art, and so much more. To an American citizen the flag symbolizes freedom, patriotism, national independence and popular sovereignty. However, I am not an American citizen, this means that the American flag has far greater meaning to me as someone who strives in someday becoming one in the process of accomplishing the goals I set for myself. I was originally born in Reynosa, Tamaulipas; a city in Mexico, and was brought to the United States at the age of three, by my mother to create a better life and give my siblings and I the opportunities she never had. At first I didn’t understand much of what the flag truly meant or …show more content…
My goal is to attend the University of Houston, earn a major in Electrical Engineering and then commission as an officer in the Navy. As a freshmen in high school I joined NJROTC in order to help achieve this goal by developing leadership and other qualities like perseverance and the navy’s core values of Honor Courage and Commitment. While in The Los Fresnos NJROTC I have acquired a considerable amount of knowledge about the military and all the men that go out to fight in order to maintain peace and freedom. This has greatly influenced the way I feel about the American flag because I understand that the flag means so much that brave young men still to this day continue to sacrifice their lives in order to keep people like myself safe. It has influence me so much that I too wish to protect that peace and freedom not only with my life but with the knowledge that I will acquire with a collage education and the leadership that I have