American Icons

[dluvs2trvl]

I was watching Oprah today and she did a show about American Icons like the hamburger, moon pies, tootsie rolls, Ruby slippers from the Wizzard of Oz, Fonzie's leather jacket, Rocky's boxing gloves, and iron tool used by Abraham Lincoln etc.

I actually have an interesting connection to a very famous American Icon - Coca Cola. It was a member of my family that created the original formula for coke. He was a pharmacist and created a drink that contained cocaine as an elixor. He eventually sold the formula to his business partner and that is the person that went on to develop it into the American Classic that it is today.

http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/heritage/chronicle_birth_refreshing_idea.html

What items do you think of as representative of America?

 

[country woman]

John Wayne

 

[Jenster]

That's really neat, D! We have your relative to thank for Coca-Cola!

These may not all be American, but they're what I think of when I think of American culture: the flag, hula hoops, hot dogs, apple pie, barbecue, loud-print tourist clothing, Jane Fonda, Donald Trump, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, Tootsie rolls, Hollywood, jazz, cotton candy, caramel apples, sock hops, musicals, and Campbell's chicken and stars soup.

 

[DaRev]

American icon: Baseball


Did you know that in Mexico they still make Coca-cola with the original recipe... minus the cocaine?

 

[dluvs2trvl]

American icon: Baseball


Did you know that in Mexico they still make Coca-cola with the original recipe... minus the cocaine?

Then that wouldn't really be the original recipe now would it!

 

[DaRev]

Then that wouldn't really be the original recipe now would it!

True, I guess. But they still use sugar instead of corn syrup. BIG difference.

 

[country woman]

Elvis Preselly

 

[GritsnGrace]

I Love Lucy

 

[DaRev]

Lucy!! How could I forget??

 

[GritsnGrace]

Lucy!! How could I forget??

What?? You forgot Lucy??

 

[DaRev]

I know! I'm related!

 

[GritsnGrace]

Oh yeah!!! You said that!!

 

[jcj3803]

Good: American Football
Stupid: TV shows like "American Idol"

 

[FlatpickingJD]

The Grand Canyon, the Smithsonian, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Empire State Building, the Sears Tower, Frank Lloyd Wright's home, Mt. Rushmore . . . those are some places.

As for people, Lincoln, Washington, JFK (and to a lesser extent, Bobby too), and Martin Luther King is moving into iconic status internationally. They're all folks associated with what America represents.

 

[ido]

American heavy metal.

 

[jcj3803]

American heavy metal.

Mmmmm. German Death Metal is good for decompressing at the end of a bad week.

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