"Change" can happen...
I like this video of the 44 Presidents of the United States, one morphing into the next. Unfortunately the creator apparently thinks that changing skin color is really change. It isn't. Just as God and Martin Luther King taught us, it is the content of one's character, NOT the color of one's skin which is important. Anyway, here's the video, just because it is well done (in other words, good content overall).
For us, the American ideal is personified in the concept of self-reliance, work ethic, honesty/forthrightness, decency, personal property rights, family, religion, an ability to defend oneself from criminals and crooked politicians, and personal responsibility.