At this time of the year, patriotism is fairly easy to find.
This year I found patriotism while overlooking the river at sunset,
While listening to the West Point band play the National Anthem,
the service songs of each branch of the military and the 1812 Overture.
the service songs of each branch of the military and the 1812 Overture.
I found patriotism in the newly shorn heads of the new cadets.
Just babies, really, at the beginning of their military careers.
And in the crowds of people gathered together to party and to celebrate.
And I found it as I stood in the midst of all these people and heard them sing that they'd
"gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today"
knowing that most of them are doing exactly that.
Those aren't just words... they are a promise that they are living every single day.
