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Show From the UAW . . . Learn, Love America by Joyce Fife Getting to know you, getting to know all about you. Getting to like you, getting to hope you'll like me. Haven't you noticed? Suddenly I'm bright and breezy Because of all the beautiful and new Things I'm learning about you day by day. These words from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I" suggested a theme for this series of articles written to help us get to know and love our country. We hear so much on the negative side of government and politics that perhaps the good is being washed away in the storm. As a child I remember our whole family singing "From the Halls of Montezuma" each time we'd see the Marines in a movie. My dad was in the Marines in World War II and he taught all his kids that song. We loved the song as much as he loved his country. That spark of patriotism has stayed with me over the years, but we must add to our sparks of patriotism and love for our country until they grown into a flame that can spark our children and others around us. We add to them by our experiences experien-ces and knowledge. We need to keep alive a feeling of love and dedication to our country, we need to study the issues, the history and politics of America. We don't have a chance to serve America in an official capacity, but that doesn't mean we can't serve her by becoming both involved and informed in-formed in the processes that make America great. Benjamin Franklin said, "If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him." In this series of articles we hope to bring to you some informative and entertaining bits of knowledge about these United States, that can add to your spark of patriotism. Get to know America, get to love her, you may find America is "Precisely your cup of tea." |