American heritage
Shared cultural inheritance
American heritage refers to the traditions, values, history, and cultural inheritance considered distinctly or characteristically American.
The phrase often invokes founding principles, historical achievements, or shared national identity: preserving our American heritage, sites of American heritage significance.
It can carry patriotic or conservative connotations depending on context.
The American Heritage Dictionary is a major English dictionary first published in 1969.
- civic dutyObligation owed to community
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- ThanksgivingAutumn gratitude holiday
- Statue of LibertyIsland colossus near Manhattan
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
Revolutionary War · democracy · Founding Fathers · star spangled banner · Ellis Island · Golden Gate Bridge · bald eagle · federalism · town hall · blues music · Declaration of Independence · Mount Rushmore · historical preservation · jazz music · quilting · folk songs · Emancipation Proclamation · cultural identity
- heritage organizationshistorical society, preservation society, SAR, historic preservation, colonial society
- Scoutingbadges, scout, Boy Scouts, campfires, scouts
- Scout Badgesmerit badge, merit badges, rank badges, swimming badge, first aid badge
American heritageEuropean heritage
Descent from continental peoples
Asian heritage · African heritage · British heritage · colonial heritage · global culture
American heritageNative American heritage
Descent from original Americans
indigenous heritage · immigrant heritage · colonial legacy · native traditions