How to be more American, Part 1.

The big day is only 3 days away,

and so I present to you

the following series

which will help you be the most American you can.

Listen

"Fortunate Son," Creedence Clearwater Revival

It started with the Boston Tea Party,

and it ain't never stopped.

Nothing more American than a good protest song.

And John Fogerty's voice

is the voice of America.

Watch

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The story of America

as the years pass is ever and always

"My ancestor's couldn't;

I can.

And my children will."

Read

"Let America Be American Again," Langston Hughes

"Oh, let America be America again--

The land that never has been yet--

And yet must be--the land where every man is free."

America is as much of a dream

and an ideal

as it is a reality.

And those it has wronged

have been woven into its fabric,

and brightened its hue.

But it's a dream worth holding on to.