# Good gift in honor of becoming an American Citizen?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 25, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gift-in-honor-of-becoming-an-american-citizen/301073 "2005-04-25T21:30:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gift-in-honor-of-becoming-an-american-citizen/301073/21 "2005-04-26T19:44:17Z")

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Sorry for suggesting one more gag gift… a welcome to the club book:  
“Stupid White Men” 🙂

You could give him a gag gift that is not offensive… especially if its something very american he doesn’t like… like baseball caps or baseball bat. (I’ll wager he is a cricket fan)

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-gift-in-honor-of-becoming-an-american-citizen/301073/22 "2005-04-26T20:00:37Z")

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Some ideas -

A good bio of Lincoln, Jefferson or (as mentioned above) Franklin. Everyone should read Lincoln’s entire 2nd Inaugural Address. There’s a lot more to it than “With malice toward none”.

A CD of patriotic music in traditional arrangements. He’ll hear more modern versions soon enough. Should include the Star-Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful, and the Stars and Stripes Forever.

For a humorous take on American history, the CD of “Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America, Vol. I”.

In addition to anything else, a nice printed copy of [this Asimov article about the Star-Spangled Banner](http://www.purewatergazette.net/asimov.htm). Asimov was also an immigrant - he came to the USA with his family when he was 2. The article opens like this:

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> I have a weakness–I am crazy, absolutely nuts, about our national anthem.
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> The words are difficult and the tune is almost impossible, but frequently when I’m taking a shower I sing it with as much power and emotion as I can. It shakes me up every time.

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