Why America?

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America, America, the words I have heard echo thru all my travels and all my stays. What else could this mean but the United States of America. The people are called Americans, they are known by no other title .United Statesians, USA ´ers? If asked their nationality, they must reply either where they are from or say American. God Bless America. This statement was meant to mean United States of America, certainly not the rest of the continent, being that the Americans have their own gods that bless them. When speaking of this country one has choices of what to call it. But somehow saying, The United States of America is to much of a mouthful. Just like Mexico, its real name is United States of Mexico, but no one says all that, just simply Mexico. To call it by initials, The USA, is easy, but just a short cut and not a name. To say The Americas means the continet and its countries. That one country took the name of all does not mean it does not still belong to the others also and just as much. But say America and what comes to mind is the land between those over guarded borders. A name of a continent, north central and south, the name of a country, and the name of a people.

This is the way it seems to me and why I call it America.