Bruce Springsteen writes a majority of his songs about prolific times in the great American past, which most Americans have vowed to forget. He stresses the importance of the mindset we must have as Americans, throughout harsh and painful times we inevitably endure. Not many people find comfort in reminiscing about the many innocents killed in Vietnam or the souls destroyed by racial profiling in the race riots of the 1960s. In Born in the …showed first 75 words of 916 total…

…showed last 75 words of 916 total…United States during first period. Let us think about the positive and negative events of our country when listening to the national anthem at the Bruins game, or watching Nebraska play Oklahoma from a television set. We can look into each other’s eyes and know, we as Americans have freedoms that make us different from anywhere else in the world, and that we should appreciate and respect our country throughout difficult and prosperous times.