Hearing the National Anthem has always moved me, but for the last decade or so, it always seems to bring tears to my eyes.
It’s the profound sense of loss I feel every time.
Not that we still aren’t a great country in a lot of ways, but, being in my mid 40’s, I was alive to remember a little bit of what we were before. I miss it and the older I get the more I believe it’s gone forever.
Sadly, the older one is, the greater that sense of loss, imho.