The American Spirit is in the DNA of this nation. The world scoffed at Gen. George Washington’s ragtag freedom fighters drawing the line for King George III to trip over. The monarch sent his best warriors to quell the revolutionaries: the most feared, revered professional, disciplined, well-equipped fighting force in the world. But in the end, freedom from tyranny won. What other army would cross a frozen river at Christmas and kill the enemy while they slept? What woman in her right mind would fight for voting rights, or black man get a salute from Hitler? And who in the world thought riding a tin can to the moon was a good idea?
Being American is simply being alive. And it has been demonstrated – time and again – by folks you know and applaud and those you don’t but need recognition.
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