Unfortunately Mike Rowe has principles and a soul, so I don't think he'll ever become president..

Better than that Lump Guy

@@jasonmb9465 Dream now, before they make that illegal too.....

You would have a TV guy be president with no qualifications? I love Mr. Rowe but president? No. Advisor? Very much yes.

@@farmerbill6855 Hopefully you're not voting for Trump then, if so "you're fired!!!" Just saying....

He is definitely animated and engaged with his teaching/ informed tour!

wait til the patriots hear mike used to do ballet and did show tunes

@@clayscloset2618 patriot has become to mean " I greatly dislike anyone who is trying to express themselves freely unless I approve "

Being a patriot or patriotism have nothing to do with politics. Its a love for your country it’s founding and history, good bad or indifferent a willingness to give your life to keep this dream alive for future generations. We truly have failed our forefathers and those who’ve given their lives, and we are indeed reaping what we have sowed. It’s truly sad most people today try to distill everything down politics … right wing vs left wing … We all should really be thinking in terms of freedom vs servitude and decide which you want.

@@clayscloset2618 well if you have to ask that's a pretty good indicator that you may not be one.

It sounds like you view patriotism as a GOOD thing --- what's wrong with you?

​@@alexferguson7532shutup

​@alexferguson7532 Patriotism and Nationalism are two different things. Patriotism is perfectly fine, it's nationalism that tends to be an issue in every country.

Francis Scott Key my ancestor on my dad's mom's side.

@@tanyamckinnon5376 I’m sorry. That’s gotta suck to be related to such a well known racist slave owner. It’s more sad he isn’t more well known for the facts I just stated.

@@clayscloset2618 You must be a raging racist progressive. You see everything and everyone through the lens of race.

​@tanyamckinnon5376 Awesome!! You must have some artistic talent of your own! Happy 4th! 🎆❤️ 🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲❤️🎆

​@@clayscloset2618Your statement reveals a self superiority and ideology that promotes bias and oppression. It is probably a good thing not to make self identifying statements like this moving forward

The war of 1812 technically started by the States raiding British forts in Canada.

The conflict technically started by the HMS Leopard firing on the USS Chesapeake in sight of the Virginia coast in US waters to kidnap crew in June 1807 in peacetime. That conflict was never settled diplomatically, nor with the 1807 US Embargo, and the war minister never apologized for it. Moreover an ambassador stated, "The United States is a nation of brief past and dubious future." It is funny how people have selective memory in history class.

@STho205 the Chesapeake Leopard Affair took place on June 22, 1807 although an incursion between military forces, there were many like it in the build up to the Declaration of war by the U.S. Congress on June 1st, 1812. The (one of) the first battles was a U.S. loss at the seige of Fort Mackinac (then in the Northwest Territories, now Michigan) in July of 1812. The conflict wasn't officially declared until almost 5 years after the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair. Some blame British Impressment of Americans into Naval service, some blame expansionism, some even blame the war between the UK and France...it could even be attributed to the frontier wars brewing at the time. It was a very unstable period for the French, British, and American nations for sure.

@@bryandevries7210 looked it up huh. Good for you. All new republics had frontier conflicts with the colonial empires and each other. This even happened in Switzerland centuries before. However the British passed orders to stop and pillage (sorry inspect) neutral shipping during the post 1803 phase of the war with Napoleon, ILLEGALLY. Canada, of course, at this time was not a nation, but a set of occupied French colonies won ten years before the US independence movement...so just British North America for many more decades to come. In the pre war era British were still garrisoning colonial forts on official US land acquired in the 1783 British surrender treaty...and guns were still being shipped into native American populations below the Great Lakes...as the Foreign Ministry Office in London felt it best to keep an armed Indian buffer state, but keep it on land they didn't possess (US land). This also allowed British Canadian garrisons above the lakes to drive Aboriginal populations down into Indiana, NY etc, away from their own narrow band of settlements along the border. Eventually fledgeling capitalism would make such border land wars no longer necessary, but the 1812 War was one of the last Merchantile, pre Capitalist wars. Today you simply invest abroad to obtain profits and vibrancy in a mutual benefit. We're better apart working together, than together working to be apart.

@@bryandevries7210 most wars are slow burns. The US Revolution started in conflicts in the early 1770s as the Tory Parliament was trying to find their East India Company at a cost to those in competition with it, like the North American free trade colonies. 5 years of friction and affront. WW2 took five years of aggression by Nazi Germany and frictions in the 20s between France/Belgium and Germany. The US/UK were in a proxy war with Japan over their aggression into Manchuria in the mid 30s...that eventually blew up into open war by Japan on Dec 7&8 of 41. Most folks like to see battles as war and nothing else. They are seldom really rooted in that.

I do also.

So do I.

Thank you for my freedom

yeah right bab coz

As an Australian, I 100% agree. Happy 4th of July!!! There is Nothing wrong with a Strong, Proud USA, as the USA has Much to be Proud of. Australia and the USA are linked in many ways, we are going through the same BS "identity politics", Wokeism etc that you are, just a year or 2 behind... a Strong and Proud USA, is good for a Strong and Proud Australia! and, Good for the World in general. I hope you had a Great 4th of July!

@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9et your FILTHY religion AWAY from my government.

What about the millions of Natives and slaves along with Chinese and Irish immigrants who built the railroad etc? I mention all those groups bc they weren’t considered americans and still aren’t given their due. Plus this video didn’t talk about Key being a racist slave owner who did many things to fight abolitionists.

@@clayscloset2618 Yes, America had an Internal War, where they Killed their Own... That is the history... Today, Humans are viewed Equally, as Humans, Race is irrelevant. Why do you hang on to that Archaic, Racist belief that an arbitrary 'label' like "race" makes people different?

I couldn’t have said it better myself

Same here. I was also saying, "Don't let it touch the ground!" 😂

As a retired Marine, I almost always tear up at least a bit any time I hear our anthem. I am very pleased that in January 2008, Congress authorized veterans, active duty and reservist not in uniform to salute the flag during the playing of the national anthem. Which I am proud to do, even when politics make me ashamed of our policies.

@@dallasarnold8615 I served 2991 days in the Air Force from 1968 - 1976 and at 76 I still tear up at the National Anthem and if outdoors and hear it I always salute towards the music.

I think all of us vets feel the same way about our flag and what it stands for. That's why we did what we did.

more propaganda, great

@@thesquirrel082190 Propaganda; information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. I think the word your smooth brain was looking for would be history.

My daughters Jr. High history teacher is like this guy. He truly loves history and has no problem jumping on a desk to engage his students, my daughter being one of them.

If this presentation was a part of my child’s education, I’d personally show up at the school to demand better. This is a fluff piece that literary mocks and celebrates the murder of my people for the crime of being free. The ranger literally says “we didn’t shy away from the Civil Rights Movement” a bald faced lie. As an African American, I’m deeply offended, and as a person who appreciates history I’m troubled because this is simply not how you do history. The blatant, intentional omissions are crafted to create a false view of America. This is not appropriate for history education. Entertaining, packed with interesting trivia, but not nearly classroom level content.

@@kevinlockett2155 It "literary mocks and celebrates the murder of your people"? 🙄

Couldn't agree more. We homeschool and my son will be watching this on the 4th.

So should Paul Harvey's story on our National Anthem.

Well they would say it's racist and whitewashing...then condemn the students for their privilege.

This episode should be shown to anyone who wishes to serve in the US Armed Forces... they should protect and defend This Country's Borders and refuse to fight overseas in conflicts that more than likely were created by our own Government... roughly 450,000 National Guard here at home and we can't even get them to serve on our own Borders... It's almost as if the US Government is profiting from the Multi Billion dollar Illegal Trade that comes across our borders.

But if you force kids to watch this, sure sounds like nationalism, hmm where did that happen in the 1930’s? And should students be forced to say the pledge?

Naturally

Thank you kindly for you service, your sacrifice and your time. I'm one of the one who prayed for you. I admire your strength and discipline! 💕🇺🇸

And thank you for your service to this great country. God Bless you and God Bless America!

Thank You for service . I had the honor of hoisting the US Flag when I was in the US Navy on two warships .

Just what was that "what we fought for"? A war with no purpose and in which we killed millions who never did us any harm.

Thank you for your service, Sir. I hope you have had a blessed life after your time in the military.

vietnam was a bullshit war

yikes

@@thesquirrel082190 hey, you misspelled YES! ya dummy.

And bless all humans

And God bless every nation and all 8 billion people alive.

Did you really say in another comment that people who think you should stand for the national anthem are like Hitler? C'mon man ... Wokeism is the complete opposite of diversity, inclusivity, and virtue.

@@clayscloset2618 If you have to like your own comment you should just give up

@@FP194 hey genius I didn’t you just doing like that someone else is open minded. And they could be like me and believed in Jesus and still value other religions

I hate that saying seriously -- God created everything and every nation yet you think he should bless America more then anyone else. Sorry but that is just wrong.

@@kevinwatters358that’s because you’re unable to communicate. GOD bless the USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸 🧂 🧂

@@user-vh7ki7xu7o Nope it is because your selfish and think you are better then everyone else when you are not.

@@user-vh7ki7xu7oactually he can communicate bc you saw what he typed and you replied as did I. You just are clearly a Christian nationalist which means you’ve been fooled and disrespect other religions and don’t see how they can be valid. I believe in Jesus but know other religions throughout history are valid. Also what if you were born in India what religion would you be? What about in the americas around 1200?

@@clayscloset2618 😂🤣😂🤣

Did you tell them Francis owned slaves and was good friends with andrew trail of tears jackson? And parts about slavery are left out?

This is not the full backstory. The part about the Black man who gave his life representing the nation coming together to defend itself was misleading. Key was a pro-slavery racist who embedded his racism the the song that is now our national anthem. During the war some enslaved people escaped (we can’t really say “defected” because these people were denied citizenship and treated as subhuman even as their labor and bodies were being exploited). They rightly and logically chose to acknowledge their own humanity and pursue freedom. Key mocked them and celebrated their murder in his song. So this feel-good song for you is just a reminder of the hatred and dehumanization that me and my ancestors have experienced for 400+ years on this soil. It’s a big, giant, star-spangled middle finger.

So you think he knows the rules there better than the police smh. And it makes sense it was considered a demonstration bc they were in a group and going to be disruptive. You might not like it but use some common sense

Liberalism happened.

Far left ideals, big $ corporations, & career politicians are what happened. But I'm sure you will see a shift sooner rather than later back to more conservative ideals.

@@kristenlydens (again speaking from afar) I'm not seeing any necessary urgency in that shift and fear it will come to late.

We did pretty well at repelling Japan after they bombed Darwin too.

Also, due to the tamping out of our voices because of the mainstream media and big tech oligarchs, you wouldn’t know that we’re still here! But we are!

My eyes teared up, too.

I'm fairly sure you aren't supposed to burn a flag just because it touches the ground. Keeping the flag off the ground is a sign of high respect for the flag and what it represents, but touching the ground doesn't "desecrate" the flag or cause it to become unusable. We burn flags that have become damaged or so worn as to reflect badly on their meaning. Generally it is done at a local level by a veteran's organization on an occasional basis when they collect enough retired flags to make sense to hold the ceremony. If I remember correctly, another honorable way to retire a flag is to bury it. If I'm wrong, someone can correct me.

And god (whichever a person believe in) bless all people on earth.

How can it be when he didn’t talk about key being a slave owner, brought lawsuits against abolitionists etc etc.