Happy Veterans Day.

Preface Part I.

Sadly, there is no complete number of lives lost fighting for Freedom and fighting for the American Dream.  There is no end to the forever fight against terrorism, discrimination, and racism.  We, the People, are forever fighting for fair, equal, practice of the dreams our fore fathers scribed in the United States Constitution.

America has been around for almost 250 years after leaving the British colonies name and British Government for good.  Of course, there was the war of 1812, where Britain tried taking back the Americas.  Speaking of war, there were too many to count for the United States.  To name just a few, there was the Civil War, where America fought to abolish slavery against the South Confederates.   There was the Spanish-American War and Mexican Revolution War.  And then there is the on-going war against North Korea and Terrorism in the Middle East.

America has come a long way in the last two centuries with one goal in mind, Freedom.  Freedom, a very thing every 3^rd world country wish they had, and the very thing every American takes for granted.  With freedom, every American is free to do anything besides pay taxes and die.   Of course, we can never forget the importance of everyone who has lived in the American history books.  We shall never forget of the many innocent Indian Americans that died fighting for the land the American states stole.  Nor can we forget the Japanese Americans we placed in internment camps during World War II.  Or the African Americans that were mistreated in all aspects of the uncivilized possible ways thought to humans with slavery.

America has had its dark moments minus the wars.   Such as the times White  Americans abused their privileges and divided America with segregation against African Americans, Asians, Indians, and anything else without white skin.  The railroad business, which killed hundreds if not thousands of Chinese Americans with Dynamite, or the abusive work conditions given to children under the age of 16.   Millions of Americans have lost their lives because of American policy, rules, and laws.    With help from leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Ghandi, Malcom X, Susan B. Anthony, and Caesar Chavez to name a few, America has grown stronger in every day of its existence. 

America, like any other country, has its great historic moments we will carry on forever.  America, like any other country, has had its horrendous and horrified historic moments in which, we wish but will never, forget.  We have long withheld our ground with one goal in mind, Freedom.  Millions have died trying to obtain it, Millions have died trying to protect it.  We will never forget those that we personally have known, living the American Dream. 

Preface Part II.

If history has taught us one thing, it is that we are all the same as humans.  Whether we have the same or different beliefs, cultures, communities, and governments, we are one civilization of the human race. As humans, we represent knowledge, power, and love, much of which none of any other living organism have.  We are each an individual of the human race, and compose our families, communities, cities, states, and countries.  Whether we live in the United States or some unknown Island, we are humans with our own minds, goals, habits, and knowledge.

Humans like any other organism, have a history of existence.  We each have our parents, grandparents, siblings, and other relatives.  We all live, we all die.  If we were the most fortunate, we grew up living with our parents, grandparents, cousins, and other relatives.  If we were lucky, we at least remember our family members or know of their existence.  Unfortunately, there are always other unfortunate souls that have grown up without any knowledge of their biological families and relatives.  Some, growing up with foster parents or aunts and uncles.  Others, troubled by the state or countries laws that allow children to fall into nightmares of implausible living conditions never imagined nor wished upon anyone. 

America, along with all living countries, have very similar situations within their own community.  Whether we address them as individuals or together as a world, we all have our positives and we all have our negatives.  Whether we acknowledge them and fight for the better of their existence depends on us as individuals.  Sort of like Macro and Micro economics, we either focus on the overall picture or we change it minutely within ourselves. Regardless of where we stand, if I could request one thing after reading this libro, please please please, never judge a person by its cover.  I promise you, things are never how they seem.  And just maybe, you might miss out on someone great. 

It all starts within ourselves.


To Be Continued