About This Book

Proud, industrious, creative, generous and kind—that’s the true spirit of America. This new collection of stories, selected from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library, celebrates America’s 250th birthday—with no politics—as it focuses on what has always united us. You’ll read stories about:

• The red, white and blue— our flag and what it means to us
• America’s heroes—service members, military families, and veterans
• Our generosity and compassion—we are a nation of helping hands
• Traditions of American life— Thanksgiving, apple pie, baseball, fireworks, parades
• Our vast and beautiful land—from beaches to mountains, from tropics to deserts
• 9/11 twenty-five years later—the families, the rescuers, and how we all came together
• Our proud new citizens and their contributions
• American ingenuity and our can-do attitude