????“我是個美國人……我做事都是靠自學，風格自由，也將以我自己的方式做唱片……”這是索爾?貝婁筆下的奧吉?馬奇的臺詞，這也是數百萬美國人的心聲，他們堅持自己設定生活的條件。這些勇敢的美國人——包括土著和新移民——沒有向歷史的潮流屈服，而是自己塑造了自己的命運。他們在經歷挫折后重新振作、奮勇向前。他們懂得卷土重來的力量，這是《財富》（Fortune）第四年年度美國人最驕傲的100件事排行榜上的第一樁。（同時，我們仍全速朝著編纂美國人最驕傲的1000件事排行榜這個目標前進。）7月4日美國獨立日假期前夕，我們為讀者呈現那些獨特且美好的人物、地點、產品以及創意，正是它們給了美國生活特有的精神，或者說活力（第3位）。歡迎大家在評論區寫下你心中的美國美事。

????今年的規則同往年一樣：只能提名在世者，而且不能與往年的榜單重復。非常感謝《財富》今年實習生的幫忙，他們是：莉莉?科恩、普雷斯頓?庫珀、克雷格?賈莫納、瓦倫?納亞、薩米帕?謝蒂、布蘭登?薩沃斯沃德以及安德烈斯?瓦芒德。

????言歸正傳，以下就是今年的美國人最驕傲的100件事排行榜，排名不分先后。

????——斯科特?歐斯勒，編輯

1. 東山再起

????比爾?克林頓、泰格?伍茲、唐納德?特朗普、科比?布萊恩特、情景喜劇《發展受阻》（Arrested Development）……美利堅向來給人第二次機會。

2. Wayfarer系列太陽鏡

????美國最酷的壞男孩詹姆斯?迪恩（50年代好萊塢演員，曾主演《伊甸之東》等電影——譯注）使Wayfarer系列太陽鏡成為永恒的經典。

3. 活力

????梅?韋斯特、瑪麗蓮?夢露、安迪?考夫曼、坎耶?韋斯特、麥當娜、蕾蒂嘎嘎、唐?金……美國具有原創精神的人物還有很多很多，他們特立獨行，致力于打破常規和現狀。

4.電視真人秀

????從《這就是你的生活》（This is Your Life）到《現實世界》（The Real World）、《澤西海岸》（The Jersey Shore）再到《鴨子王朝》（Duck Dynasty），真人秀節目展示了美國人最具英雄主義、個人主義和人文主義的一面。

5.每年的總統府火雞放生儀式

????雖然大部分火雞都上了人們的餐桌，但每年至少有一對火雞會獲得自由。

????"I am an American ... and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way...." Saul Bellow's Augie March was speaking on behalf of the millions of Americans who have insisted on dictating the terms of engagement for their own lives. These hardy Americans -- both natives and newcomers -- have not relented to the powerful winds of history; they have fashioned their own destinies. These are the Americans that bounce back and bound forward. Indeed, they know the power of a comeback, which is the first item onFortune's fourth annual list of 100 great things about America. (We, meanwhile, are still going full speed toward our goal of compiling 1,000 marvelous things about the U.S. of A.) As we prepare for our July 4 holiday, we highlight those wonderful, unique people, places, products, and ideas that give American life its special spirit, or its moxie (No. 3). Feel free to add your own in the comments section.

????This year's rules were the same as the previous years': only the living can make the cut, and no repeats from past installments. Many thanks go to this year's crop of Fortune interns for their help: Lily Cohen, Preston Cooper, Craig Giammona, Varun Nayar, Sameepa Shetty, Brandon Southward, and Andres Vaamonde.

????Without further ado, and in no particular order, we give you this year's 100 great things about America.

????--Scott Olster, editor

1. Comebacks

????Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods, Donald Trump, Kobe Bryant, Arrested Development... Ours is a nation of second chances.

2. Wayfarer sunglasses

????Immortalized by none other than James Dean, one of America's coolest rebels.

3. Moxie

????Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Kaufman, Kanye West, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Don King, the list of American originals -- mavericks who have refused to entertain anything remotely close to the status quo -- goes on and on.

4. Reality TV

????From "This is Your Life" to "The Real World," "The Jersey Shore," and "Duck Dynasty," the genre displays Americans at their most heroic, narcisisstic, and human.

5. Annual presidential turkey pardon

????Though many more end up on the end of a fork, at least one bird goes free every year.