i BELIEVE THIS QUOTE SHOWS HOW IGNORANT WE HAVE BECOME AS A NATION. GOING TO SCHOOL AND GROWING UP AT HOME IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES, I REMEMBER MY MOTHER TEACHING ME ALL THE PATRIOTIC SONGS OF THE TIME. SHE TAUGHT ME TO STAND AT ATTENTION AND HOLD MY HAND OVER MY HEART AT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE AND MADE SURE I KNEW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. THE SCHOOL I ATTENDED HAD THE SAME STANDARD. DAILY WE STOOD FOR THE PLEDGE, SANG THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER AND LEARNED HOW FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WROTE THE POEM BEFORE IT WAS SET TO MUSIC TO BECOME OUR ANTHEM FOR EVERY AMERICAN.