I built a model of the Constitution when I was a kid. It was a big one — very detailed. I knew every line, halyard, lanyard, stay, spar, yard, and sail on that ship. I could still probably name most of them.
My dad, who had an 8th-grade education, could recite the Oliver Wendell Holmes poem by heart.”Aye, tear her tatter’d ensign down ...”
I LOVE patriotism!