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The amount of patriotism that Zac Brown Band radiates is quite astonishing, because in almost all of their songs they have some tie to military. Even if a song of theirs does not directly say something about the military, it is always implied that they are talking about the military or military personnel. This song specifically shows a great amount of patriotism because Zac Brown is saying in this song that our men and women fight for us to have the freedom to continue what we do in the United States while they are over seas fighting. Two years ago, my brothers and I decided to go to a Zac Brown Band concert before my eldest brother went on a nine-month deployment. Since both of my brothers wore their uniforms the venue decided to let us meet the band after Zac Brown requested that they meet my brothers. My brothers and I went back to meet the band and the whole band was extremely happy to get to meet my brothers because it is quite the experience to meet two special forces soldiers that have at least a dozen years of military experience between them all of which have been in special forces units. Zac Brown and his band kept saying that they were so thankful for my brothers’ service because they would not be able to do what they do without people like my brothers. The band kept a huge American flag on the back of the tour bus as well as their transport trucks, which is an extremely patriotic thing to do. Zac Brown asked my brothers if they would do the salute during the “Chicken Fried” song, when he sang, “Salute the ones who dies, The ones that gave their lives so we don’t have to sacrifice” to show his support for the military and bring about the patriotism of Virginia during the concert. When the part came for my brothers to walk on stage and salute the flag and soldiers/veterans in the crowd, everyone got extremely quiet then started to chant, “U…S…A…” which was the most patriotic thing that I have seen at a concert or almost in my life. It was a chilling moment when all the other soldiers that were in the crowd and also the veterans saluted back to show their support and patriotism for the military and the fallen soldiers. This song by Zac Brown brings out the patriotism in everyone.