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.
