Memorial Day is Not Just Another Vacation Day Memorial Day is not just another holiday when kids and teenagers have a break from school and parents get off work, it is a special day of remembrance and honor. Memorial Day is a day that reminds us of the parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, friends and neighbors that have given their life so that we … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday United States Marines
Happy Birthday United States Marines - Celebrating 239 years Four years ago Kids Speak for America was honored to say Happy Birthday United States Marines as America celebrated the Marines 235 years of service to our country. Four years later we are honored once again to say Happy Birthday United States Marines on your 239th birthday on November 10, 2014. November 10th 1775 … [Read more...]
Meet the Young Marines
The Young Marines are a Drug Demand Reduction and leadership program supported by the United States Marine Corps. The Young Marines are sponsored by the Marine Corps League. Overall the Young Marine program teaches you leadership, responsibility, knowledge, respect, patience and how to live a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The Young Marines were founded in 1959 in … [Read more...]
Is the Word Guns Graphic Violence?
A couple of days ago at school we had an assignment to write a biopoem. A Biopoem is a poem that describes a person in 11 lines. There is a specific formula to use when writing a bio poem. After submitting my poem the writing teacher refused it and said to me, “Your poem is all about guns and is borderline graphic violence and you have to get your mind off it.” In my biopoem … [Read more...]
Walk Across America
24 year old Mark Klodzinski is walking across the entire United States. He started walking 4 months ago to raise money for veterans. Mark has 2 brothers in the military and he wanted to help too. Mark got the idea for his walk when he read Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins. He said this was a real old book on his parents book shelf. When he read the book he wanted to do … [Read more...]