For 84-year-old World War II veteran Dave Hoogerhyde, of Grand Rapids, nothing epitomizes Memorial Day better than a heartfelt performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Vietnam veteran Jerry Ricard, ...

There are notes drenched in red, white and blue. You hear them at parades, sporting events, high school concerts and when the radio is turned on. Everyone has their favorites when it comes to ...

Robert J. Booker is a freelance writer and former executive director of the Beck Cultural Exchange Center. On May 8 we celebrated the 75th anniversary of VE Day. It was the day after Germany ...

Everyone has their own definition of patriotism. Yet when it comes to songs that embody patriotism in America, there are a handful that immediately come to mind. Coming in close second to “The ...

More info: Veterans Plaza will open at 7 a.m. Memorial Day and be open until 11 p.m. Following The Silvertones at 3 p.m. will be a ceremony that includes prayer, “Taps,” and a 21 gun salute. The ...

“A patriotic song is an emotion,” the great songwriter Irving Berlin once said. “And you must not embarrass an audience with it or they will hate your guts.” The history of patriotic music in the ...

If you love country music and the U.S.A. — we sure do! — we have the perfect playlist for you: Powerful, pump-up-the-volume patriotic country songs that make you want to sing out loud, will warm your ...

Released in October 2011, “Home” became the stirring second single—and title track—from Dierks Bentley’s 2012 album. The patriotic song was deeply influenced by a tragic January 2011 shooting in ...

Ocean Spray's patriotic-themed summertime recipes serve up plenty of story leads. One not often considered is the origin of our National Anthem. Did you know that Francis Scott Key's poem was set to ...

Fourth of July is fast approaching, and with it, the wave of customary patriotic playlists featuring rousing anthems, nostalgic rock 'n' roll favorites and all sorts of other songs with "America" in ...