PHOTOS: Proud Patriots Show Their Love Of Country With American Flag Tattoos

America. Land of the free. Home of the brave. And inspiration for many, many tattoos.

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As we celebrate our nation’s 240th birthday, we thought we’d do a quick roundup of patriot tattoos. Because nothing demonstrates a true love of country than permanent body art.

Scroll down for photos of proud Americans showing off their red, white and blue ink…

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A photo posted by Mick Smooth (@mick_smooth) on May 21, 2016 at 2:31pm PDT

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