{"id":4162,"date":"2012-09-12T16:22:31","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T21:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/?p=4162"},"modified":"2019-11-14T14:16:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T19:16:54","slug":"patriotism-shouldnt-be-one-day-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/archives\/4162","title":{"rendered":"Patriotism shouldn&#8217;t be one day only"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Claire DeRoin&#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong>#Remember911 and #NeverForget911 trended on Twitter for the first half of the day on September 11, 2012, but by the evening, #theVoice had taken over and no 9-11 hashtags remained on the top trending list.<\/p>\n<p>Why is it that a lot of Americans seem to pick and choose the days they are patriotic on?&nbsp;Memorial Day. Independence Day. Veteran\u2019s Day. Why is it that we pick certain days out of the year to honor America?<\/p>\n<p>It shouldn\u2019t take an advertising campaign (Memorial Day sale!) for a citizen to feel obligated to raise a flag, think of victims of terrorism, thank a firefighter or police officer, or remember our troops both overseas and stateside. Whether we like it or not, there are men and women risking their lives every day for the sake of our country. They deserve more appreciation and respect than the occasional thought on a national holiday.<\/p>\n<p>While yes, it\u2019s great that certain days are dedicated specifically to victims of tragedies, it\u2019s sad that the attention only comes on those days. 9-11 victims should be remembered year-round, not just on Patriot\u2019s Day. The same goes for the Pearl Harbor victims and all other martyrs.<\/p>\n<p>Society\u2019s expectation shouldn\u2019t drive patriotism- our own love for the country should.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Claire DeRoin&#8211; #Remember911 and #NeverForget911 trended on Twitter for the first half of the day on September 11, 2012, but by the evening, #theVoice had taken over and no 9-11 hashtags remained on the top trending list. Why is it that a lot of Americans seem to pick and choose the days they are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46913],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4162"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10884,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162\/revisions\/10884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}