Patriotism

In going through one of this years up coming fair entries, there is a category for a photo that depicts patriotism. I looked through thousands of photo's, enough to make my eye's cross. I had nothing. Then on the way to the wildlife refuge, I saw the sign for the Fort Snelling National Cemetery. For me, this is the resting place of true Patriots. They served our country, to protect and to help make us what we are today. As I drove around the cemetery, it was hard to find one item, that one photo. I found a couple, in a sea of white, an American flag blew in the wind. Just one, among 50,000 plus headstones. I later found out that you can only place flags at headstones ten day prior and ten days after Memorial Day. How did this one survive. Can you believe there is a regulation about that. I wonder how much this big Oak tree has seen. And since the graves are placed around it, I am sure it was there long before. And yes it does seem cold, and somewhat forgotten. But then I came upon "Let It Snow". I know a couple of individuals that are at there final resting at Fort Snelling and in my eyes they displayed the ultimate in Patriotism. Can you define what Patriotism means to you?