When Barack Obama took the stage at the We Are One concert at the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, he signaled not only the arrival of a new administration to Washington but the arrival of a patriotism that looks new but isn’t. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
an analysis on red/blue divisions related to our history of race relationships which the writer believes has culminated in a real change of patriotic expression aided by president obama's many references to the the symbols and substance of our democractic beginnings. many historical event references used to make his point..
after the last 8 years, watching the inaugural events, i was thrilled to tears to see so many of the hundreds of thousands of this country's citizens waving american flags and felt with them as if we had won back the lost national pride in this country.