My Patriotic Page

I am, and always have been, proud to be an American and for that I make no apologies.
I still cross my heart and recite the Pledge of Allegiance unashamedly.
My heart bursts with pride when Old Glory is raised or passes me on the street during a parade.
I never fail to get misty-eyed when I hear The Star-Spangled Banner or God Bless America.
Since the terrible events of September 11, 2001, I have watched my fellow Americans reach a level of
national pride that hasn't been seen since World War II.
While I am gratified to see everyone pulling together as a nation,
it does sadden me that it took a heinous act of this proportion to achieve that end.
Hopefully, we as Americans, will hold fast to this feeling of brotherhood and unity that has sprung from the very ashes of terrorism.
Let us send a message to every nation on earth that Americans refuse to live in fear.
We will not sacrifice our freedoms for which so many of countrymen have fought and died.

God Bless the United States of America.

This page is a treasure trove of Patriotic Links

Patriot's Room

Headlines about and personal stories from American Veterans

Dick Grogan's Unofficial American Flag Homepage

This page is called The Flag of the United States but there is SO much more to be found here

Veterans Day Homepage

A great page for Patriotic Music

The USAF Heritage of America Band's Patriotic Music Online

Military, Veterans & Patriotic Service Organizations of America

A comprehensive site of every branch of the U.S. Military Forces

POW/MIA Recognition Day

The Virtual Wall page and Vietnam, Echoes from the Wall

Organization for finding out what happened to US POW-MIA's in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam

Michael served as a CT for 20 years in the US Navy and my father also served in the Navy in World War II

Preamble to the Constitution of the United States:

We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The American's Creed

"I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a Republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my Country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies."