PrintOctober 25, 2009
Not Ashamed to Love My Country
For several years, I sang my original, "Celebrate America" at monthly U.S. Immigration Citizenship Ceremonies in Maryland. I took great pride in the knowledge that mine was the first song the approximate one thousand applicants heard as new American citizens after taking their long dreamed of oath of allegiance. Each ceremony was an emotional event of great celebration. It was not unusual to see very old applicants in wheel chairs proudly and tearfully taking the oath, their raised right hand supported by a grandchild, son or daughter. Obviously, becoming an American was a great honor to them. Unfortunately, such love and passion for our country seems the stuff of days gone by. To many, it is considered hokey, redneck, un-global minded (gag me) and even offensive to love your country. It simply isn't sophisticated to be waving the flag all over the place. We patriots are those simple minded folks who "cling to God and guns" as Obama described us during his...(Read Full Article)
