Both are available to be drawn upon in comprising the rich, but mixed, phenomenon of American patriotism. The scene uses African Americans and Jews as representative citizens. The defense of American needs to be equally shared by all citizens that enjoy the benefits of living in our wonderful America.
We tend to take our beautiful country for granted, focusing on its problems rather than its blessings, but millions of aspiring migrants around the world understand what a comparatively excellent place to live America is. In 2018, more than 23 million foreign nationals applied to take part in our green-card lottery.
The other problem, right around the corner, so to speak, is that love for a country is not really just love of a piece of land; normally it involves attachment to the community of its inhabitants, and this introduces nation" into the conception of patriotism.
Freedoms such as those outlined in the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution) This important document in American history is the decree that allows us the freedoms of speech, religion and freedom of press - and that's just the First Amendment.
True patriotism is reflected in the way of life of most Americans. Not quite so exotic, an American born of a German father and a French mother, may find herself divided in her allegiance vis-a-vis her polyglot cultural heritage and her American citizenship.
Soon after America's December 1941entry into the war, Hollywood was ready with "Flying Tigers," about Americans in air combat for China against the Japanese invaders before Pearl Harbor, and "Wake Island," about a heroic but doomed defense of another Pacific outpost.