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Architecture: I.M. Pei
With few exceptions, most architects remain unknown by name to the public at large. Usually, we know them by their designs. One of the few...
Read MoreSports: Vin Scully
Most sports broadcasters would agree that baseball provides its announcers the brightest spotlight. That’s particularly true on...
Read MoreSinger: Dolly Parton
She was born in the poor community of Locust Ridge, Tennessee. One of 12 children. Started singing on a radio station at age 11. Moved to...
Read MoreAmericana: Drive-In Restaurants
Drive-in restaurants didn’t originate in the fifties, but that decade provided their glory days. In post-war America, people were...
Read MoreFood: Corn on the Cob
America loves its corn, and appropriately so — the USA grows about six times more corn than any other country. We like it in corn...
Read MoreSong: "At Last"
It’s the 1960 recording by Etta James that makes the list of Great American Things. The song itself has been around since 1941, when...
Read MoreAmericana: Arlington National Cemetery
In these 624 Virginia acres are all the reasons you’ll ever need to be thankful to be an American. Here you’ll find the...
Read MoreFilm: Singin' in the Rain
For some folks, musical comedy is a film genre they just can’t tolerate. That’s too bad, because Hollywood hasn’t made...
Read MoreTV Show: Dragnet
Dragnet has to be the most-parodied television show ever. Jack Webb’s deadpan delivery, name (Joe Friday), catchphrase (“Just...
Read MoreActress: Sally Field
Chances are your age will determine which picture of Sally Field comes to mind first. She’s worked professionally in six decades now...
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