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Why I Joined The Duffy Family Great American Road Trip

The road trip is about celebrating this country and reminding Americans that our nation is still something worth experiencing and loving.

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For nearly twenty years, television studios have approached my parents about filming a Duffy family reality tv show. Despite actually meeting on a reality show themselves, my parents always refused. Until now. 

The Great American Road Trip is a mini-series my family filmed (for no salary or royalties) in short stints over the course of several months with one simple goal: to encourage other American families to get out on the open road and see the country for themselves. The series is now available for free on YouTube.

When my dad was first approached by The Great America Road Trip Inc., the nonprofit behind the project, he told them he couldn’t do it unless the rest of our family agreed. So he sat down with me, my mom, my husband, and my eight younger siblings and asked if we were in. Everyone had their own reasons for saying yes. Here’s mine.

Like a lot of people my age, I grew up in an America that feels spiritually at war with itself. I was taught that America’s history was a story of oppression and shame — that Christopher Columbus was history’s greatest villain and that patriotism was, at best, naïve.

The summer of 2020 took that sentiment and turned it into something even darker. Cities burned. Statues of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were torn down. Even our National Archives decided the Constitution and Declaration of Independence needed “trigger warnings.” At the same time, Americans watched politicians trample over our constitutional rights with sweeping and unlawful........

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