text:  Since our conception as a country, we've earned quite a bit to our name. We went for round two with Britain for once. We became a nation of immigrants. We sang the body electric. We discovered 23 chemical elements and set our footprints on the moon. We invented baseball, the personal computer, and the Twinkie. And of course, along the way, we've fallen short countless times. But, you know, this line, the pursuit of happiness, serves as a reminder to me that no matter how much we've done as a country, what it means for us to be American is to look beyond what we have done