THIS piece by the composer John Williams was written for the movie The Patriot,  a film which I have never seen and will probably never see. This music, performed here so beautifully by the U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band, expresses to me the hopefulness of patriotic America at its best, and I post it today on Veterans’ Day in respectful memory of all those who have died fighting in wars, but also that it may inspire you to believe that this country can someday embrace true freedom, something it has never truly possessed. True freedom is the freedom to follow God’s will as the creatures we are. Patriotism is a love of this distinctive search for nobility.

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