As a very patriotic person I feel it's Time to weigh in on #taketheknee.  I grew up as an Air Force Brat. My dad had the coolest job in the world-a fighter pilot.  I so wanted to follow in his footsteps.  When I went to the University of Cincinnati I joined the USAF ROTC. I was on my way.  My major at University was Asian Studies with an emphasis on Japanese language and culture.  Between my studies and my ROTC education I made the difficult decision that service was not where my life was headed.  I have nothing but respect for all our service people but knew I could not handle the job, so just before it was time to sign on the dotted line I dropped out.  It was a hard decision, I love my country so much but can not say I would put my personal convictions aside to follow orders.  Since that day I have married a fellow Air Force Brat and worked at the USAF Museum where I would talk to veterans.  I have recently joined the Daughters of the American Revolution and my son is a Child of the American Revolution.  (My views expressed here are my own and don't reflect on any of my society memberships, jobs etc) I am so proud of Mary Yancey and the belief she held in a very tumultuous time that lead to our wonderful USA.  Our country was founded for a number of reasons which almost all lead back to the right to disagree with our government and the right to protest it when we do.  Mary helped her sons fight, and over the years I've had many ancestors fight to keep those rights.  Kneeling during the National Anthem has been a legitimate form of protest since before the Star Spangled Banner was accepted in the US code as our anthem.  Federal judges have decided multiple times that the right to protest specifically to #taketheknee is protected as free speech.  Colin Kaepernick and those who choose to kneel have done so as a way to show peacefully that they want something in our country to change.  They kneel to show the world and us citizens of the USA that all is not "hunky-dorey" I feel for the BLM movement as their cause has been trumped by an issue #taketheknee that their cause isn't getting the discussion it deserves.