George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Alvin York, Billy Mitchell, Audie Murphy, Chesty Puller, John F. Kennedy,Douglas McAuthur, Dwight Eisenhower, and all the men that have and do  serve this country

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A constitution written over 200 years ago that can still be a tool to bring equality to all. A system of checks and balances that enables debate prior to action. A Declaration of  Independence and a Bill of Rights that every man should be entitled not just Americans.

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Corregidor, Iwo Jima, Bellau Wood, Viet Nam, Berlin, the Phillipines,  Montezuma, Tripoli, Afganistan, Iraq,

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A huge wall of names not far from the White House that I cannot view or touch. without an emotional outpouring  covering me like heavy rain.

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I live in a country where I live where I want, eat what I want , go where I want, and think what I want.

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Patriotism? Well I guess I kind of mix it all togther and out  comes patriotism.  Oh yea and don't forget to put in a splash of John Wayne for just the right flavor.