After taking a long break from blogging here I am again.
As a military spouse I have noticed that the USA are a hell of a lot more proud of their Armed Forces than the UK, and a lot more patriotic in general, the Stars and Stripes flags fly everywhere from sports stadiums to rigt outside people's houses. Before sports games, which a few members of a military branch are invited to for free, the crowd stop what they are doing, remove their hats and sing the National Anthem. All of them. I can't imagine this happening at a Premier League game, can you? On a side note, the American National Anthem is the only one in the world to end in a question mark.
Military members and their immediate family get a discount almost anywhere they go. Car bumper stickers proudly claim that a family member is in the military or the driver is a retired veteran. Why is it that Britain, with all of it's incredible history, isn't anywhere near as patriotic? British natives seem all to keen to show their colours when there is a World Cup or European Championships on, with everyone wearing football sirts, cars bearing flags and the St George's cross hanging from windows everywhere. Come on England, we have a lot to be proud of!
