A Tribute to United States of America Veterans

“Mina, stop leaning against the corn!” her mother said very angrily. Mina sometimes daydreams about the past when she does her chores. “It’s about time for the school bus to arrive, try to finish your chores first, though, her mother said more kindly. Dawn was the very first thing that swiftly touched the sky in the morning. Mina loved to lie upon the unfrozen earth during dawn, like she was trying to tell the sun that it was okay to come out. Mina packed her backpack & ran for the school bus. As if it were her last look at the earth, she took pride in the free country she lived in. One of the boys in her class put an L over his head and laughed at her. “Oh, I’m gonna kill him!”, Mina whispered madly as she picked up a rock and threw it at the glass window he was peering out of. After school Mina brought all of her books home and threw them on her bed. “I hate history, I hate science and I hate math!” Mina screamed.

Mina’s mother came in and sat on her bed, “It’s not easy at school, is it?” her mother asked. “No, I hate school” Mina replied to her mother. “Well, you know Anna Marie is sleeping, can you please do your homework outside?” her mom asked. “Well is it gonna rain?” she asked, thinking about the droplets of rain. Mina slammed the screened door behind her.

She ran into the thicket of pines, oaks and dogwoods. There, she was alone. Mina opened her history book. Slowly, the picture of Abraham Lincoln pulled her in. “Ah, Mom help-I!” Mina exclaimed as Lincoln grabbed her by the hand and pulled her in. There she was in the book of United States History, but no one could hear her silent calls for help. Mina was thinking, why he pulled me in I don’t know. ” Hey, look, a cabin, I haven’t read this page yet” she said to herself. It was there on that page that she began to hear her heart beating really slow & loud.

Her mind wandered back to the time when the bee attacked her leg, Mina thought that was painful. Someone came up with a confederate coat and wrapped a bandage around her wound. “I can do no more, that wound is small, I have other men dying right now.” Mina new she was a Yankee, but knew to keep her mouth shut for that knife in his pocket. “Thank you so much for saving my life!” Mina exclaimed as she rushed off to the middle of the battle. Mina, without thinking, pulled a bottle out of her pouch. It was a bottle to remind her of special memories. She scooped a gush of air and quickly bottled it up. Then, there was darkness. Mina was thinking what happened, then she realized that page was turning.

Then, there he was, Abraham Lincoln, the guy who pulled her in. “The Gettysburg Address”, Mina murmured in complete shock. Abraham’s words were so beautiful. The cold, yet honest words ran through her ears as if it were grandma driving the sound waves. He was talking about slaves, though he didn’t say it in particular. He said, “All men were created equal and they should be treated the same.” Men were fighting for the slaves and Mina saw the ends of some men’s lives. There were cold bodies lying in front of her. His words were small, but the changes his words made were big. It all started with “Four score and seven years ago…..,” and the rest went down her ear.

Mina thought and thought under the shiny moon. She thought about the future, which she was from and how people were acting like the Gettysburg Address was nothing right now. But, in the future, everybody was all ears when they were talking about the Gettysburg address. Like, in the future, the war in Iraq is referring to the Gettysburg Address, we are trying to bring freedom to the people of Iraq. Abraham was talking about how hard we want freedom, that we will even give up our lives for other people’s freedom. Our founding fathers believed in freedom.

Mina fell asleep when she heard an owl begin to hoot. Mina laid her head upon an old oak tree. She sincerely hopes that no one would kill her in her sleep. Then she realized something. These men are fighting for freedom for all, but right now they are fighting for the union to be held together and to stop the slavery. Well, she already knows who is going to win this war. Right when she thought she was going to get a good night’s sleep, the page turned. Mina thought it was turning, but she popped right out of the book.

The rain sputtered on her cold face. She grabbed her bottle and held it to her heart. “When I die, I want this precious bottle of treasured memories & life’s breath to be buried with me,” thought Mina. She walked toward the path that led to her house, but stopped suddenly. There was something behind her. “Oh no!” she yelled as she saw a science book. “I hope it doesn’t pull me in!” she said with a laugh. Just in case it did pull her in, Mina threw it into a puddle. “Boy I sure love today. We have equal rights for everyone!” At this very moment, lightening popped near the hidden creek which was a definite sign for Mina that someone wanted her home!

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