In 1917, after being drafted by the army to write patriotic songs during World War I, he composed an all-soldier musical revue as a patriotic tribute to the army.

The crowd's array of bobbing headgear seemed itself a patriotic tribute, from ten-gallon hats to at least one checkered burnoose.

She leads them in singing a patriotic tribute ("Salut à la France").

Eric s patriotic tribute to the military and their families!

In accordance, the East-Pakistani diaspora also composed patriotic tributes to Pakistan after the war; songs such as Sohni Dharti (lit.

In many places around the world, one person's stirring patriotic tribute is easily another's windy panegyric to blood-drenched nationalism.

Now as they return, networks are seeking to replace the usual sound and visual effects with patriotic tributes.

It was a patriotic tribute to her land and even David, whose taste in writing ran to Maclean and Robbins, recognized that it had a superior quality.

Ultimately its uncritical patriotic tribute to the early Navy will satisfy those who like tidy stories, well-defined heroes and purposeful narratives.

Organizers banned all political banners and signs, billing the event as a "patriotic tribute."