I think the primary audience of the journal is people who follow the trends. The writer explained how fashion affected people's perspective on dressing up and following the popular trends. Fashion played a significant role in the 60s. Fashion made people want to feel accepted in that particular group of individuals.
To me it means as a sign for inspiration and honor, and i believe the way the quote was intended to portray is-- Without America fighting for their freedom, risking everything and every life, they wouldn't have been known as people who took a stand and fought for what they deserved. It stands in history as monument to everyone around the world that freedom is always hard fought, but without the courage and the strength to truly want what you feel you deserve and therefore earned....be prepared to lose everything.
Answer:
metaphor
Explanation: The sentence is describing without using like or as.