Responsibility is “a thing that one is required to do as part of a job, role, or legal obligation” (Google). Nowadays, throughout America, the act of responsibility has been for selfish reasons or personal gain. Some examples are paying off parking tickets or paying the bills on time. Individuals do not pay these bills to contribute to America; they pay them off so that the U.S. government will no longer warn them about the payments. The act of responsibility should be based on contributing to one’s own community …show more content…
Freedom is not truly free, and these men were willing to risk their lives so that we could live free. They saw their responsibilities to this outstanding country and joined service branches to fulfill their duties as red-blooded, warm-hearted, Americans. Not only men felt devotion towards this nation. Women all around began to fill the empty roles in the workforce that their husbands left behind. Many buildings were run almost completely by women, and they worked endlessly to keep our soldiers well equipped and fed. Even children contributed to America by collecting scrap metal and turning it in to be used as metal for tanks, helmets, bullets, and weapons. In the mid 1900’s, the responsibility to America was well defined, and every single American fulfilled that duty towards this great nation.
Today, my responsibility to America can be easily done by volunteering my free time to those who truly deserve it, the veterans of America. Through thick and thin, these veterans, once and still great warriors, fought their way towards true freedom. Without them, there would be no Declaration of Independence, no Constitution, no Bill of Rights, no