Singer Lee Greenwood moved by 'constant appreciation' for 'God Bless the U.S.A.'

From my perspective, I I don't really see the resurgence. All I see is the constant appreciation where grandparents have played it for their kids and their become parents and they play it for their kids. I can't tell you how many videos I've seen where people will send me a picture of their six year old or 8 year old singing Proud to be an American and they wave an American flag. Patriotism starts when you're very young. It did for me as well. I was a drum major from a high school marching band. I think that's where patriotism starts. You know, the appreciation for the flag, what it means. And then later on you'll learn what the sacrifice has come from our United States military and how many people have given their lives to keep the flag flying there. There's a matter of pride there. Every time I hear the song, I relate to that. Every time I see a color guard marches out and I do this thing, I sing the national anthem as well. And when I stand in front of the color guard and sing the national anthem, that gives me great pride. And it just ties hand in hand with the song that I have written in 1983 that becomes alongside of God Bless America, America the Beautiful international anthem. So on the American Patriot CD, which I recorded in 1992, the same year I married my wife by the way, 32 years ago, it it is a once again presented to the public in vinyl. It was never on vinyl. It was recorded on ACD only because we had phased out vinyl. So Universal has once again released American Patriot on a vinyl, which is a red, white and blue disk inside with a kind of a splash of paint on it. It's pretty cool. So if people can find a record player somewhere, they still have one. And, and they want to have this vinyl. It's, it's, it's 40 years ago that I recorded this and, and have it now for the public once again, American Patriot and, and I and I, by the way, I, I named the album it was, I thought it was an interesting way to display my love of the country.