American pride can not be bought
It is something that you feel
From the depths of your soul
It gives your heart a thrill
In singing the National Anthem
That sends shivers up your spine
To pledging allegiance to our flag
For this country that's so divine
It’s the feeling that you get
When Lady Liberty you see
It makes your heart to skip a beat
Then you go weak in the knees
Freedom rings from your heart
As it did from the Liberty Bell
It shows the respect that you have
For this country in which you dwell
American pride is from the heart
For our great land of the free
From it’s beautiful mountain tops
To sea from bright shining sea
Author notes
Written October 7th, 2003
A contest entry
- This contest is all about *second chances* by Ava Noire.
265 points, ended October 8, 2003, 25 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - AMERICA LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by Talking Toni.
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VEry Good!!!
You show your love and devotion to our great country in this piece. Your rhyme and flow are exellent~~~A great patriotic poem!!!Thanks for your entry and the best of luck in my contest!!!~~Toni~~ -
After reading your conversation with the moderators I had to read this one. Though I do not like Bush and I wish that everyone would of voted Democrat (not that I like Kerry, he just seemed the lesser of two evils to me) I do like your poem. Although you really didn't mention anything about him
. I'm glad that you show your patriotism, just not everyone feels the
same, though some have been quite rude.
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Patriotism? The united states performed all these wonderful acts of violence on foreign soil in the name of your freedom
PHILIPPINES, 1898 - 1910: seizes from Spain, 600,000 Filipinos killed
PUERTO RICO, 1898: seizes from Spain
PANAMA, 1901 - 14: separates country from Colombia and annexes canal zone
HONDURAS, 1903: US marines intervene against revolution
NICARAGUA, 1912 - 33: 20-year occupation and war against guerrillas
HAITI, 1914 - 34: occupation
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1916 - 24: occupation
CUBA, 1917 - 33: military occupation, made into economic protectorate
RUSSIA, 1917 - 22: troops sent five times to try to overthrow revolution
YUGOSLAVIA, 1919: marines intervene against Serbs
PANAMA, 1925: marines suppress general strike
CHINA, 1927 - 34: marines stationed throughout the country
EL SALVADOR, 1932: warships sent during revolt
JAPAN, 1945: firebombs Tokyo and other cities, drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
PUERTO RICO, 1950: independence rebellion crushed
KOREA, 1950 - 53: US and South Korea fight China and North Korea to stalemate. US threatens to use nuclear bombs. At least two million Korean civilians killed or wounded
IRAN, 1953: CIA overthrows democracy
GUATEMALA, 1954: CIA directs invasion after government nationalized land belonging to US United Fruit company
LEBANON, 1956: US troops land
VIETNAM, 1960 - 75: two million Vietnamese killed in longest US war
INDONESIA, 1965: one million killed in CIA-assisted coup
GUATEMALA, 1966: troops intervene
CAMBODIA, 1969 - 75: US carpet-bombs. Two million killed by years of bombing and starvation
CHILE, 1973: CIA-backed coup overthrows democratically elected government
ANGOLA, 1976 - 92: CIA assists South African backed rebels
LIBYA, 1981: two Libyan jets shot down
EL SALVADOR, 1981 - 92: troops and air power assist death squads, 75,000 people killed
NICARAGUA, 1981 - 90: CIA directs Contra invasions
LEBANON, 1982 - 84: US forces intervene, navy shells Beirut
HONDURAS, 1983 - 89: US troups build bases for death squads
GRENADA, 1983: US invasion
LIBYA, 1986: capital Tripoli bombed in effort to kill President Gadaffi
IRAN, 1987: Iranian passenger jets shot down over Persian Gulf
PANAMA, 1989 - 90: invasion, thousands of civilians killed
GULF WAR, 1990 - 91: US-led coalition kills 100,000 Iraqis. Post war sanctions kill an estimated one million civilians in the following ten years
SOMALIA, 1992 - 94: US-led United Nations occupation
EX-YUGOSLAVIA, 1995: bombs Serbs and assists ethnic cleansing
SUDAN, 1998: bombs pharmaceutical factory
IRAQ, 1998: four days of air strikes, raids continue until present day
SERBIA 1989: 78 days of NATO air strikes
AFGHANISTAN, 2001: US-led war kills thousands
IRAQ, 2002/3: ...
George Bush passed laws the defy the constitution, stripping suspected "Terrorists" of their supposed rights. They NEVER found anything in Iraq. Saddam didn't have it. Meanwhile, Our own american governem is creating illegal chemical weapons including VX gas and Anthrax, and god knows what else. Why are we allowed to have horrible biological weapons and Saddam isn't? Is America granted special international priveleges that only apply to us? Most countries out there are opposed to Bush's actions.
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This is an excellent poem showing patriotism (sp) to our country. I can remember as a child how I hated saying the pledge at school. I never fully understood it till I got in HS and started studing history more in depth.
Thanks for entering. I enjoyed reading.
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I don't know about pledging to the flag, especially when I did it in school, every single day saying the pledge, I got sick of it after awhile and I just stopped standing. It wasn't because I didn't feel any less than an American, but, you make someone do something every single day over and over again, they are bound to get tired of doing it.
Glad College's don't make you do that, or I would never go to College.
But, some of us are patriotic in our own ways, doesn't mean we don't care, we are just more quiet and quaint about it. I don't need to fly an American Flag in my yard to know that 1. I am in the U.S. of A. or 2. that I am an American, I know that by birthe right. I know that by waking up each morning.
Liberties is just that, freedom as well, celebrating it is fine, but, doing it too much, is too much for me.
A good piece that you have written here.
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A whole-hearted "Hooah" from the South Carolina Army National Guard
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Patriotic! You should've had this posted for Independence Day
I admit that I've been cynical at times myself, especially when it has come to the government and some of the ignorant moves they have made in dealing with foreign affairs. But what can you do? Not much, if you don't vote (which I do in most every election). The only gripe I have about this great country is the fact that some people still take the freedom we have (in comparison with other countries) for granted. I like your poem.
Take care, until next time.
Many blessings,
Raven Aurora
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I get pretty sickened when I realize what has been done to our freedoms. I feel so much like I'm staring at a victim when I look at the symbols of America. You'll have to understand that it's not because I don't love America, but because I love it so much. I just can't pretend things are all right. I could never muster this level of delusion. Still, a good poem filled with emotions and could definitely grasp the heart strings of a less cynical fellow American.
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