To me, being an American means to live in this country with the rights that were guaranteed to you by our constitution.

To do whatever you want and means to be happy and successful in your life.

Spending time with family and overall just freedom and enjoyment of life.

Being an American to me means that you are free.

You have the choices of what to do, you go to school and learn.

Nobody can hold you back from doing what you want as long as you're not like killing people or harming someone in your way.

I just have a lot of freedoms that some countries in the world people don't have.

And it's just, I'm really blessed to be an American.

America is a very diverse place, and to me, being an American means that we should all accept each other's differences.

Because there's so many of us.

It really just means to continue to strive.

Being diverse, loved, and important.

We have the ability to rise up better and protect the people that come to our country for refuge or our residents already.

I still have the same opportunities as anybody else in the country to higher education, whatever career path I want.

Being an American means what you make of where you grow up and how that shapes your future and who you turn out to be.

Being an American means to me is being open-minded to different ideals, whether they be political beliefs, religious ideology, or simply a different opinion on breakfast cereals.

I can be who I want to be and do what I want to do without the judgment of other people.

Being able to speak your mind and say what you truly feel and not feel any pressure.

Having the ability to have different opinions from one another, being diverse from your neighbors, and being able to do things that you want to do.

Expressing myself who I am and knowing that I'm protected and I'm just celebrated for who I am and who I can be.

To me, being an American means having the rights and liberties that our founding fathers fought for and the privilege to live in the beautiful United States of America.

And it means that you value your freedom, you cherish it, but you understand that it's not a guarantee.

We've been trying to fight against tyranny and people who wanna take away people's rights.

And I think it's amazing how we've been a, sort of a shining beacon up to this point.

We've really done a lot for helping people and for helping our country grow.

Being an American means that you have a responsibility to uphold the legacy of your forefathers and their past military sacrifices.

Being American means to me, having opportunity, having fairness and opportunities to do things.

In America, you're allowed to be free and experience what most of what the world has to offer.

I get to have some great education and healthcare that's, and there's so many places I can travel just inside the country.

It means that you're able to celebrate that you're not being ruled by one person, that you're being able to live your life without restrictions or anything.

It is to want to help others.

It is to want to give to the community that has raised you.

To me, being an American means going to sleep at night, knowing I'm able to exercise my rights given to me in a free country.

Being able to be who you are and represent who you are without the fear of being discriminated against.

I can Choose my job, I can choose my education, I can choose where I wanna live.

I can choose how I want to live.

Having the freedom to do whatever you want to do in life to choose and participate in your government.

I feel like freedom is a huge part of this country and our nation.

And I think it's a very inclusive thing that we all need.