Greetings and welcome to the Patriot Express Newsletter Edition #306. Welcome to April 2026. Spring has arrived and it's a brisk 39 degrees here in Eastern Tennessee just outside the great Smokey Mountains. We have bees pollinating flowers and blueberry bushes while the leaves fill out the oaks and maples. The lake water is sparkling off the morning sunrise as our American flag whips in the cold breeze. It feels like 28 in real temperature. Its life today and I'm finding