250 Reasons to Love America
This year America is celebrating our 250th birthday. A list is going around called the “250 Reasons to Love America” . . . here are a few fairly simple reasons you may not have thought about (click HERE for the complete list) . . .
1) The chocolate chip cookie: Invented in 1938 at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts.
2) Air conditioning: AC was invented in 1902 by an engineer named Willis Carrier in Brooklyn, New York.
3) The comic book: Okay, technically, comic books were invented in the 1830s in France, but it was American comic books that created all of the superheroes we see today.
4) Stand-up comedy: From Mark Twain to Nate Bargatze.
5) Really beautiful places and National Parks: Like Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and the Pacific Coast Highway, one of the most beautiful coastal drives anywhere in the world.
And one more unexpected “Bonus Reason” to Love America . . . The seventh-inning stretch: Singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” eating a hot dog, drinking a beer, watching America’s pastime.