The Americans believed that their country was right in the part they was playing in the cold war. This may have caused many Americans to have pride for the actions their country took.
Of furniture or architecture of or characterized by an elaborate ornamental late baroque style of decoration prevalent in 18th century continental Europe,with asymmetrical patterns involving motifs and scrollwork.
Germanys resumption of submarine attacks and merchant ships in 1917
In short the Greeks are admired all around us today, they built fabulous and luxurious buildings that the Roman’s took after, they colonized places like Sicily, and took over places like Persia and Egypt. They were masters of culture, including the arts, architecture, governance, and philosophy. Later the Roman’s would take much after them, which lead to Hellenic thought being spread throughout the entire world. Even looking at the US Capitol, much of it is built in a Greco-Roman style.