Share Your Patriotic Photos
Photos Index

• You must be at least 13 years old to submit by email for listing consideration.

• A photo needs to be inspiring and taken by you or by a loved one or friend who has given permission for its listing.  (Credit to the actual photographer must be provided with use permission if it is not you . . . Photos from a newspaper, magazine or another media source can only be submitted by the photographer or the respective media's legal representative.)

• Photo Maximum Size

  • Pixel Size: 600 wide and 400 high

  • File Size: 65K bytes (compression up to 25% might be needed for larger photos)

• Each submitted photo must have an associated description up to 250 words.  (Photos without a description cannot be listed.)

• Examples of photos or pictorial (multiple photos of the same event)...
  • Remembering a loved one's passing who served in the military (provide military service information including awarded medals)
  • Honoring a loved one's ultimate sacrifice (provide military service information including awarded medals)
  • A loved one / friend at boot camp
  • A loved one / friend on duty in harms way
  • Homecoming of a loved one from harms way
  • Celebrating a national holiday with patriotic surroundings / decorations
  • Visiting a national monument
  • Visiting with troops
  • Your child or another loved one being recognized for a patriotic project
  • Your Boy Scout and/or Girl Scout participating at a patriotic event
  • You in uniform while on duty
  • You in uniform interacting with other troops and/or aiding civilians at home or in another country
  • You performing for the troops

  • You and/or a loved one meeting with the President or another well-known American leader that is patriotic oriented with no political intent.

• Noble Efforts Category for Nonprofit / Charity Organizations
  Special category to provide a broader audience for each organization's noble efforts

  • Photos must foster / exemplify love and pride of America
  • Photo(s) can be submitted from any level of organization including local units (e.g. VFW, American Legion, DAR, Boy Scouts, USO, Hope4Heroes, Wounded Warrior Project)
  • Submitting multiple photos with a combined file size exceeding 2MB must be in a zip file.

  • Remember that a description of each photo is required and identified with respective image

• Email submission needs to include...

  • Attached Photo(s) in jpeg format within the maximum size parameters
  • Location where photo was taken
  • Month and year when photo was taken (if applicable)
  • Description up to 250 words
  • Your first and last name
  • City and State of residence
  • Photographer's name if not you and his / her use permission
  • Nonprofit / Charity - Make sure to list your organization's name and site URL in body of message.  (Photo courtesy of "your organization" will be listed if photographer not provided.)

Use Permission and Non Removal Policy
Since the respective copyright owner (author, producer, photographer, or legal representative) grants use permission upon submission of their creative work (article, poem, story, song, video, photo, graphic, and/or other), they cannot be removed from USA Patriotism! once listed.

Listing period... within two weeks

Email Verification Process
USA Patriotism! requires email verification to guard against spam, which means a first time email will result in an email from USA Patriotism! requesting you to reply to it before your submission can be received.

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