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