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Today, Walt and Alan welcome guest, Barry King from B.K. on the Air to join them in a discussion about patriotism. They open with thoughts on celebrating Independence Day in America and what it means to them. After a brief discussion, they get into the heart of the discussion.

To prepare for the show, they each came up with a topic and those would be used to create a TOP 5 list. The topics were: Patriotic Music, Patriotic Figures (real) and Patriotic Films.

Top 5 Patriotic Songs

Walt

1. America the Beautiful by Ray Charles

2. Ragged Old Flag by Johnny Cash

3. American Soldier by Toby Keith

4. God Bless America by Kate Smith

5. America by Neil Diamond

Honorable Mentions: In America by Charlie Daniels Band and Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue by Toby Keith

Barry

1. The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa

2. Back in the USA by Chuck Berry

3. America the Beautiful by Katherine Lee Bates / Samuel A. Ward

4. This is My Country by Don Ray and Al Jacobs

5. America by Neil Diamond

Honorable Mentions: Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key, God Bless America by Kate Smith and Livin’ in America by James Brown

Alan

1. America by Neil Diamond

2. Proud to be an American by Lee Greenwood

3. Pink Houses by John Mellencamp

4. Ballad of the Green Beret by SSGT. Barry Sadler

5. Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton

Honorable Mentions: America the Beautiful by Ray Charles, Take me Home, Country Roads by John Denver, and This Land is Your Land by Woody Guthrie

Top 5 Patriotic Figures

Barry

1. George Washington

2. Chuck Yeager

3. Paul Revere

4. General Douglas MacArthur

5. Normal Rockwell

Honorable Mentions: Audie Murphy, Neil Armstrong, Bob Hope, Gary Sinise

Alan

1. Abraham Lincoln

2. George Washington

3. Thomas Jefferson

4. Ronald Reagan

5. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Honorable Mentions: George S. Patton, James Madison, Jackie Robinson

Walt

1. George Washington

2. General George S. Patton

3. Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain

4. Henry Ford

5. Daniel Boone

Honorable Mentions: General Jimmy Doolittle, General Douglas MacArthur, Paul Revere, Ronald Reagan, Ed DiGilio

Top 5 Patriotic Movies

Alan

1. Patton

2. Saving Private Ryan

3. The Patriot

4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

5. Apollo 13

Honorable Mentions: Miracle, Captain America: The First Avenger, 13 Hours

Walt

1. The Longest Day

2. Patton

3. Miracle

4. Top Gun (1986)

5. Flags of Our Fathers

Honorable Mentions: Midway (1976), Midway (2019), Sergeant York and Saving Private Ryan

Barry

1. The Patriot

2. The Right Stuff

3. Sergeant York

4. Yankee Doodle Dandy

5. Captain America: The First Avenger

Honorable Mentions: Patton, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, MacArthur, The Longest Day and Red Dawn (1984)

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