You think there's nothing going on behind the scenes that an American citizen should be proud of? Note this is different from "Americans have a lot to be ashamed of AND a lot of to be proud of"
there's... hundreds of comments and upvotes on this discussion. Lol. Are you MAGA? It seems like you're just not willing to look at the evidence that's right in front of you. :)
Pride is not necessarily personal achievement - sometimes it's identification or belonging. Our belonging to a group might be random chance, but endorsing the qualities of that group, shaping and participating in that group afterward are all active.
And frankly, no one needs to prove their pride to you. You're not any kind of arbiter over whether people "deserve" to be proud of something.
These proposals were rejected by John f Kennedy, a Democrat