This book is a tribute to The Great Republic - 245 Years since the Foundation of the Unites States of America. What is the spirit of a nation? It is the aggregate factors and ideas that help shape a mentality, a state of mind, a national will. The American spirit must find its sources in the gigantic New York, in the America of cities forgotten and hidden under hills, in the America of harbors, in the America of culture (in Boston and Philadelphia) or in the America of innovation (Los Angeles). 245 years after its founding, the United States of America remains a the symbol for becoming a people in itself and for the birth and development of a country. I hope, some day or another, we shall become a storehouse and granary for the world. - George Washington