DUKE: THE SOUND OF PATRIOTISM
DUKE: THE SOUND OF PATRIOTISM
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THE SOUND OF PATRIOTISM
What does real American patriotism sound like?
You probably heard it in President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address.
The president shared the history of America as an epic: 13 colonies banding together to throw off tyranny, expanding throughout the continent, innovating and creating in ways previously unimaginable, becoming an example for the rest of the world, all the while staying grounded in our founding principles.
If you weren’t pumping your fist in front of the TV, are you even a true patriot?
Trump underscored this retelling of American greatness by honoring our nation’s heroes past and present.
National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, who narrowly survived being shot in the head by an alleged Afghan terrorist while patrolling the streets of our nation’s capital, was given the Purple Heart. National Guardswoman Sarah Beckstrom, who was shot alongside Wolfe that day and did not survive, received the award posthumously.
Trump told for the first time the story of Chief Warrant Officer 5 Eric Slover, a U.S. Army pilot........
