What the American Flag Means to Me Essay Contest Entry

The American flag is a symbol of freedom. It screams out to other

countries, “We are free! No one will EVER rule over us!” The flag’s

thirteen stripes and fifty stars show that we, as a county, are free

from kings and emperors, dictators and monarchs. The first thirteen

colonies started the quest for freedom, and the fifty states still

continue that mission today. As Francis Scott Key so rightly thought

that night, looking over the water at Fort McHenry, Oh say does that

star-spangled banner yet wave, over the land of the free, and the home

of the brave.

Thanks for reading! I am entering this in a local essay contest, so what

do you think? Will it win?