#national-pride

#national-pride

The World Series, as you all know, is one of the most important championships in the major leagues, but when you fight for your country, that goes beyond. That feeling, the country where you were born and raised, the sacrifices made by our parents, those people that helped us, that's why this means a lot to me and to Venezuela.

We are family here. That's why we play with passion, with love - because we feel that jersey, we feel our country in front of us. That's why this is a lot for us as players, as people, as human beings and as Venezuelans. Now we are the champions. Nobody believed in Venezuela, but now we've won the championship.

In Italy, the most common topic mentioned as a source of national pride was culture and the arts. These were cited by 38 percent of respondents, more than any other place. An Italian woman who took part in the survey said she was proud of 'the works in the churches, paintings, sculpture ... most places in Italy have something beautiful.' An Italian man said that 'Italy is an open-air museum.'

In response, she said: Yeah, I mean, I was born in America so I'm always proud to represent my country; and yeah, a lot of us are doing really well and it's great to see a lot of, you know, great athletes on the women's side, on the men's side. So yeah, I feel like we're all doing a great job representing ourselves.

Scott Allen, a registered Democrat, plans to celebrate July Fourth with neighbors, emphasizing pride in freedoms like protests and free speech, despite national pride drops.

Gallup reported that just 58 percent of adults in the United States are 'extremely' or 'very' proud to be American, marking the lowest level since these surveys began.

These words sound like a response to the tariffs and annexation threats posed by US president Donald Trump this year, but they were printed more than a century ago.

The vibrant celebrations in Ho Chi Minh City marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the American War underline Vietnam's transformation and collective memory.