From jazz to the Gettysburg Address to baseball to the White
Castle hamburger--here are the 1,000 greatest things about
America
The Pilgrims called their new nation "a shining city upon a
hill." Abraham Lincoln praised it as "the last, best hope of
mankind." In times of boom or bust, this remarkable land we know as
America has been a beacon of hope illuminating the world. Now the
authors of 1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ranking the Men and Women Who
Shaped the Millennium have teamed up once again to pay unabashed
tribute to the greatness of our country--in a fascinating, fun, and
informative celebration of the concepts, inventions, institutions,
icons, history, social trends, geographical wonders, and consumer
products that have made the U.S.A. such an awesomely amazing
place
The Constitution - Mount Rushmore - Backyard Decks - Monopoly
Internet Shopping - Duct Tape - Yogi Berra - The Super Bowl
Ultimate Frisbee - The Fifth Amendment - The PTA - The Indy 500
Freedom of the Press - Hollywood - Sesame Street - ChapStick Poker
- The Wizard of Oz - Fast Food - The Cleveland Orchestra
The Barn Owl - Glacier National Park - Jack Daniel's Old No. 7
Patchwork Quilts - Soap Operas - Joy of Cooking - West Point A
Streetcar Named Desire - The Florida Keys - The Red Cross Wikipedia
- Deodorant - The Hubble Space Telescope - Grizzly Bears The Beach
Boys - The White House - Recycling - Meat Loaf
. . . and many, many more Things to Love About America
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