Patriotic Music
The
music of the United States reflects the country's multi-ethnic population
through a diverse array of styles.
Rock and roll, country, rhythm and blues, jazz, and hip hop are among the country's most internationally renowned genres.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, popular recorded music from the United States has become increasingly known across the world, to the point where some forms of American popular music are listened to almost everywhere.
We Admit It
When this music plays, we get tears in our eyes because we are proud of our country and what it enable us to to as well as what we have done for others!
Definition
Patriotism
denotes positive and supportive attitudes to a 'fatherland' (Latin patria
< Greek patris, πατρίς), by individuals and groups. The 'fatherland' (or
'motherland') can be a region or a city, but patriotism usually applies
to a nation and/or a nation-state. Patriotism covers such attitudes as:
pride in its achievements and culture, the desire to preserve its character
and the basis of the culture, and identification with other members of the
nation. Patriotism is closely associated with nationalism, and is often
used as a synonym for it. Strictly speaking, nationalism is an ideology
- but it often promotes patriotic attitudes as desirable and appropriate.
(Both nationalist political movements, and patriotic expression, may be
negative towards other people's 'fatherland').
Patriotism has ethical connotations: it implies that the 'fatherland' (however
defined) is a moral standard or moral value in itself. The expression my
country right or wrong - perhaps a misquotation of the American naval officer
Stephen Decatur, but also attributed to Carl Schurz - is the extreme form
of this belief. Patriotism also implies that the individual should place
the interests of the nation above their personal and group interests. In
wartime, the sacrifice may extend to their own life. Death in battle for
the fatherland is the archetype of extreme patriotism.
