Patriotism

Earning their stars and stripes Students scour cemetery to replace flags, learn about vets (The Daily News of Newburyport)

16 May 2008

NEWBURYPORT and mdash; Social studies classes are all about history lessons. But yesterday, nearly 200 seventh-graders got lessons in patriotism. Memorial Day may be a couple of weeks away, but students with arms full of flags learned how to identify the graves of veterans and quietly paid their respects at St. Mary's Cemetery yesterday.

Tillman wants accountability in son's death (San Francisco Chronicle)

16 May 2008

During the rush of post-9/11 patriotism, few stories were more compelling than the life and death of Pat Tillman, the San Jose-raised professional football player turned soldier. And, according to those closest to Tillman, few have been as illustrative of...

Soldier Presents Flag to School | Video (KFYR-TV Bismarck)

16 May 2008

Youngsters at Washington Elementary School in Minot got a lesson in patriotism and gratitude. On May 15th Chief Warrant Officer Two Jeff Buchweitz paid a visit to the school. Buckweitz just returned from Iraq with the 164th Engineer Battalion. He had been serving there for about a year.