During the Civil War, at the Battle of Antietam, the Union’s color bearer was shot and killed. Bullets rained down. Men hesitated. Then Sergeant William McKinley—yes, the future U.S. President—ran forward, lifted the fallen flag, and carried it through fire. Not to win a medal. Not for glory. But because the troops needed to see that flag still standing. Sometimes patriotism doesn’t look like a speech. It looks like a man willing to bleed so others don’t break. #Military #AmericanHistory #Patriotism