Patriots such as fanning joining me to discuss the nature of patriotism is danny surgeon a former army major who did combat tours in iraq and afghanistan and is the author of the book patriotic descent so you break. Patriotism down into 3 different forms but you lay those out for us yeah absolutely you know i like to litter a sion but they all start with p. And the 1st one the one that you just described that that you know rory fanning moment is the pageantry patriotism and the vast majority of americans especially on but not exclusively on the right if youre to this thats you know thank you for your service its percenters its maybe pick up your tab at t. G. I. Fridays the airport on your way to the next appointment it does not really deal with the reality of the experience of war or why were fighting them and what theyre actually like then the 2nd type i call you know passive principle patriotism but really could just be called passive resistance this is the polite imperial stuff this
The rally down fanning one of the demonstrators pulled out a flag that read vets against racism war and empire immediately someone threw a drink on me he told me i got hit from behind in the head 3 or 4 times it was quite a switch quite pivotal on me questioning the narrative questioning Donald Trumps narrative and i was suddenly out of their good graces nationalists who claim to be patriots do not really venerate veterans they only venerate veterans who read from the approved patriotic script americas the greatest the most powerful country on earth those we fight are to prayed to barbarians our enemies deserve death god is on our side victory is assured our soldiers and marines are heroes. Deviate from this cant no matter how many milli military tours you have served in you become despicable the vaunted patriotism of the right is about self adulation it is a raw lust for racism and violence it is blind subservience to the power of the state and it works to censor the reality of war an
Ethical foundation to really doesnt fuse all of the other types this is the rarest form but it it is out there and its funny because it is one of the most quickly denigrated of the dissents and folks will you know obviously make fun of people who think of themselves as citizens of humanity rather than a nation. When rory fanning the burly veteran who served in the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion and was deployed in afghanistan in 20022004 appeared at a donald trump rally in chicago it was wearing the top half of his combat fatigues as he moved through the crowd dozens of trucks supporter shouted greetings such as welcome home brother and thank you for your service then came the protest that shut the rally down fanning one of the demonstrators pulled out a flag that read vets against race. Ism war and empire immediately someone threw a drink on me he told me i got hit from behind in the head 3 or 4 times it was quite a switch quite pivotal on me questioning the narrative questioning Donald Tr
Hours of british bombardment, soldiers raised the flag that inspired an American Lawyer to write a poem that became our National Anthem. We all know about the anthem, but the man behind the song is less wellknown. We may be familiar with his name and the key bridge over the all. Ac, but that is about it has been more than 75 years since the biography of key has been published, and our speaker toay, marc leepson, is here tell us about what he has discovered through researching and writing his new book about key, what so proudly we hailed. Saidrian john coppola leepson tells a multifaceted story of the author of the starspangled banner with clarity, precision, and passion, a literary performance akin to a great soloist nailing the high notes in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Is a journalist, historian, and author of eight books. Marc is a former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly and has been a freelance writer since 1986. He has written for many newspapers and mag
Husband Samuel Powell two of George Washingtons very closest friends and we figure with this being the year of the woman. Why not . Talk about a superpowerful woman that really helped shape the founding of the the republic so i myself am a all scholar and i have been working on the project that ive been doing for about three years and i will have a chapter coming out in an edited volume thats going to be published by the university of virginia, press in january 2022. So i very much look forward to sharing that with you all in the future and im going to go ahead and pass it over to my colleague and dear friend kayla anthony. Um, and i will pass over to you. Thank you so much, sam and thank you to mount vernon for asking me to participate today. Im excited to also share elizabeths story. I think youll all enjoy it very much. Im the executive director for the Philadelphia Society for the preservation of landmarks and we are an 89 year old nonprofit that stewarts for Historic House museums