This episode examines The United States at 250 through the six disciplines of American patriotism: restraint, preservation, strenuous citizenship, moral hope, sacrifice, and unity. Beginning with George Washington at Newburgh, where the republic nearly collapsed before it had fully begun, the episode follows the leaders and citizens who showed that patriotism is not merely a feeling, a slogan, or a symbol, but a disciplined love practiced under pressure. Washington teaches restraint before power, Lincoln preservation through national agony, Theodore Roosevelt the demands of active citizenship, Martin Luther King Jr. moral hope rooted in America’s own promise, the soldiers of Normandy sacrifice for the freedom of strangers, and the citizens of September 11 unity in the face of terror. Together, these stories make  ...