Let us celebrate what is good about us

Anyone who has ever wondered why America, for all its dissensions, celebrates its nationhood including flying flags in their residences in celebration of “Viva America” needs to study its “memorial culture” most epitomised in Washington D.C., its federal capital. Whether it’s the Smithsonian museums or the numerous memorials celebrating its history which populate the DC landscape, most of the American story is told with colour and pomp.

Obviously like all great nations what is celebrated are America’s victories, its heroes and it’s numerous reincarnations. You will not find monuments that decry America’s savagery to the Red Indians or the barbarity of slavery to its Black American population.