Americana - The culture and traditions unique to the USA

[It_Is_My_Time]

I just thought of starting this thread with today being Groundhog's Day. The Groundhog said we would have an early spring, very cute, one of the last great staples of Americana.

If all things remain the same, and Whites are eventually a smaller population than Hispanics, in the USA, will there still be a Groundhog's Day? I don't know, maybe it will be some small thing that is still allowed but it is turned somehow into a diversity event. But in 2024 we still have it, and that is why I now celebrate and pay attention to it.

I thought this would be a good thread to discuss Americana, cultural norms and events that are unique to the American experience of the past America that is quickly disappearing with mass immigration.

 

[Thomas More]

Here's a parade from the 1940s.

 

[Tex Cruise]

I just thought of starting this thread with today being Groundhog's Day. The Groundhog said we would have an early spring, very cute, one of the last great staples of Americana.

So now I get to see this thread pop up every single morning until I finally become the unrealistically great man Rita expects me to be?

 

[Thomas More]

Here's what we've lost.

 

[thinkreadwritecode]

So now I get to see this thread pop up every single morning until I finally become the unrealistically great man Rita expects me to be?

Never thought about it that way, but yeah, wow, he had to live thousands of years or however long it was estimated to be all in order to be good enough for Rita.

 

[stadtaffe]

I don't know if it's any good but I'm fascinated by this dish called "Cincinnati chili"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_chili

When and if I eventually do my US trip I want to go to some roadhouses for the decor, jukeboxes and food..

I found a hot sauce in Europe for "Chicago hot dogs", didn't know that was a thing :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago-style_hot_dog

 

[Christos_NIKA]

Philly cheesesteaks

 

[Christos_NIKA]

TP-ing houses

 

[Shawn1230]

I don't know if it's any good but I'm fascinated by this dish called "Cincinnati chili"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_chili

People seem to either love it or think it’s disgusting. My family moved to the Midwest when I was a teenager and this is one of those things that everyone says is so good and you must try it. I remember thinking it was awful at the time and not being able to eat my meal. Nowadays I love it and whenever I am in the Cincinnati area I always make sure to stop by Skyline and get some. My favorite way to eat it is on a coney dog with cheese and onions. It’s definitely worth a try to see if you like it. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.

 

[Renzy]

I always thought the Norman Rockwell paintings captured the quintessentially American idealized family and civic life (which is why Leftists have always hated it so much). With marriage and family formation being delayed until people are in their 30s and society becoming more atomized in general, even scenes like this where you have a large family, consisting of multiple generations, all gathered around the same dinner table will become rarer in the future.

 

[Nordwand]

The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright:

https://franklloydwright.org/work/

 

[Maddox]

TP-ing houses

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Oh man...I miss doing that so much in the 80s. Does that still go on, because I haven't see a TP'd lawn in at least 10 years. I'm guessing once Google installed their spy cameras everywhere, kids stopped doing it.

 

[JCSteel]

As a New Englander I have to call attention to The Apple Cider Donut.

 

[God's lonely asperger]

Sergio Leone's movies are fascinating to me for his insights in America as an Italian.

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[Renzy]

I always thought the Norman Rockwell paintings captured the quintessentially American idealized family and civic life (which is why Leftists have always hated it so much). With marriage and family formation being delayed until people are in their 30s and society becoming more atomized in general, even scenes like this where you have a large family, consisting of multiple generations, all gathered around the same dinner table will become rarer in the future.

I'm quoting myself but I ran across a tweet yesterday that was apropos to my earlier post about Norman Rockwell capturing the "quintessentially American idealized family and civic life (which is why Leftists have always hated it so much)." Google's woke AI image generator (Gemini) won't even generate an image for it *because* it idealized American life:



Can't have white people feeling anything other than shame about their past, their heritage and the civic and family life they once aspired to.