What is patriotism? At other times, Lincoln's oratory took on a different and more expansive tone, attributing a larger, universal meaning to the survival of the American experiment. Marcia Baron also calls for expanding patriotic concern for the flourishing of one's country to include its moral flourishing" (see 2.2.3 above).
Patriotic songs were once popular and were often sung in schools, churches, and sporting events, they were a part of everyday life in America, until the mid 1960's when they slowly and very gradually started to disappear from our society. Were a serious crisis to occur, it would be almost impossible to prevent an explosion of nationalism.
When you pay your admission fee or make a voluntary donation, you're helping the National Park service continue to preserve America's cultural and natural history. A true patriot is someone who is willing to show love toward people, even at times when nobody is watching" (Smith 2002, 1).
To understand why patriotism is such a powerful tool in political campaigns, why patriotic symbols are so potent, a good place to start is with ingroups and outgroups, say those who study the phenomenon. Alasdair Maclntyre, in his article "Is Patriotism a Virtue?" comes to the conclusion that an objective liberal approach to morals is deeply inconsistent with patriotic (i.e. particularistic) approach to morals (2004, p. 302).
Patriotism, not nationalism, should inspire the citizen. The word
patriotism derives from the Latin patria, meaning country." Patriots are citizens joined by a love of country and a readiness to sacrifice, perhaps even die, for their country. Taking care of the people who serve our country is an important way to show patriotism.
Among a large segment of the nation's members, therefore, their relationship to the nation is embodied in simple slogans - such as ‘my nation first and foremost', ‘the Czech lands for the Czech people', ‘Alternative für Deutschland' or ‘America first'.
The building of national monuments does much in the way of promoting a pride and acknowledgment of the state, as do events such as veteran days and other ceremonial enactments. Whenever a country is at war, people are more vocal about their patriotism, playing patriotic songs and making speeches full of national pride.