Many watermen patriotically turned their barges over to government use during World War I. Corcoran and O'Brien both expressed themselves most patriotically. The concerts of Agniashvili's choir evoked favourable comments from the patriotically minded Georgian public. Pioneer Day is a state holiday in Utah, where members patriotically celebrate their religious predecessors. After the war this range was heavily marketed in North America (very patriotically) as "England". He wrote patriotically about his native country and promoted "Heimatkunst" (regionalism) in literature. Despite these experiences, Kienzle was patriotically Australian. Nevertheless, the play invites the reader to patriotically identify with their resistance to Rome.