War in America has evolved with time. It started with the revolutionary war. This country was founded on the backs of the revolutionaries who were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for something they valued more than life itself: freedom for themselves, and the generations to follow. They fought for this freedom with guns and cannons; with their lives.
When declaring our independence from Britain, we stated that “All men are created equal” and that “we hold these truths to be self evident.” When examining history we see many cases where the opposite is shown. Looking at the civil rights movement, we see an example of how war has indeed evolved. The Civil Rights Movement was caused because certain groups of people who were given less freedoms than those of different skin color, even though they were created equally to them. It does not make logical sense to restrict the freedoms of a group of people who are considered equal by the document that founded the ideals of this country. They saw this injustice, but they did not grab their guns and go to fight a battle. Instead, they rallied together and marched for their freedom. Their guns were picket signs, their cannons were rallies, their most powerful weapon was being able to come together. The movement had a good idea and that’s what got people from all walks of life on board: equal rights for all Americans.
These wars fought with the same ideals in mind, just with different weapons.
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