True American Pride - Real Things to Celebrate About This Nation (#5)

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DAY 8: THE ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL CAP

"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn." ~ Orson Welles

Day 8 of my true American Pride celebration this month. Today I'm celebrating the baseball cap. Classic American style. If you ever travel overseas, it is the one thing that distinguishes Americans from anyone else in the world.

Sometime in the 1980's, the cap became the ubiquitous fashion accessory for everyone: practical, easy to wear, could put any message on it; worn by the rich and every common Joe (and women look pretty darn good in them too as you can see!)

I don't think a day goes by that you won't see me in a cap...and honestly, probably will have worn at least 3 different ones throughout the day, depending on my mood and what I'm doing or wearing. Love them!

On the golf course, Dutcher Creek 2020

At the beach, Carmel CA 2017

Or just hanging out at home, 2022

A true celebration of simple American fashion!

#9: GREAT AMERICAN EXPLORERS: LEWIS AND CLARK

"Ocian in view! O! the Joy" "This great Pacific Octean which we been So long anxious to See. and the roreing or noise made by the waves brakeing on the rockey Shores (as I Suppose) may be heard distictly!" (William Clark)

"We proceeded on." (Meriwether Lewis)

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and Sacagjawea

On Day 9 of my True American Pride month I celebrate the adventurers and explorers who helped open this great country to the rest of its citizens. These men were brave, tough and resourceful, and curious. And their efforts encouraged other American men and women to "Go West" to find new lives and success. This has alway been a true American impulse.

My favorite book about their expedition

My favorite explorers were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Their bold expedition to travel from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean in 1804-06 is something to read about! These two leaders only lost one man during the whole trip; recorded diligently volumes of information on the wildlife and geography they traversed, and got along with the Native American tribes they met along the way. A truly great acheivement.

You can see today a statue commemorating Lewis and Clark at the end point of their journey westward at Seaside OR. I've been there. Thanks to Americans like these two the beauty of the Pacific Ocean is something that Americans like me can still enjoy today.

Lewis and Clark's statue at Land's End, Seaside OR