What is Democracy?

What is democracy?

By Jonathan C. from Williamson High School in Pennsylvania

The stars in this sky, are similar in comparison to the stars on our national flag of the United States of America. The stars in this sky represent the flag that symbolizes the freedoms and liberties that are given to us in this country by the process of democracy. The 13 stripes and the 50 stars hold a important meaning about the democracy experiments our founding fathers put in place for this country, and the union of our states. The stars on our flag fly over many buildings and places in our country. The flag over cemeteries representing the proud soldiers who lost their lives at war. The flag is above all of our police stations and courthouses representing a fair justice system and the laws that keep us safe and set us on a right path in life. The flag flies over our elementary schools, middle schools high schools, universities, and colleges, and other forms of higher education as a symbol of our ability to a free, non-restrictive education no matter what we look like, how we talk, or where we identify from. The stars on our beloved flag is flown everywhere to represent a fair and just democracy that was provided to us in this country by our founding fathers and our past ancestors. Whenever you look in the sky now, you may be reminded of the many ways the fifty states came together as a union and how our country has forged and sealed its process of democracy into our daily lives as citizens of the United States of America.

Williamson High School

2021 Government

Class

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