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U-S-A!
Sign in to save"U-S-A!" is a chant of the United States of America's initials, popular in expressing American pride. It is often used at political demonstrations, sports events, holiday celebrations such as Independence Day, and other community events both in the United States and overseas among American diaspora and tourists. First documented in 1918 at a Bethlehem Steel plant in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, the chant is perceived as both a powerful display of American unity and love of the country.
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"U-S-A!" is a chant of the United States of America's initials, popular in expressing American pride. It is often used at political demonstrations, sports events, holiday celebrations such as Independence Day, and other community events both in the United States and overseas among American diaspora and tourists. First documented in 1918 at a Bethlehem Steel plant in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, the chant is perceived as both a powerful display of American unity and love of the country.
==Sports== The film Olympia: Festival of Nations, documenting the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, includes the chant during the finals of the 1,500 meter event and the long jump. It was also documented at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, during the basketball tournament final between the United States and the Soviet Union. In October 1979, the chant was used in Budapest when the national men's teams of Hungary and the United States played soccer against each other.