Transcript Washington Monument

American
Symbols
Washington Monument
 The Washington Monument is an obelisk on
the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
 built to commemorate George
Washington, once commander-in-chief of
the Continental Army and the
first American president
 is both the world's tallest stone structure
and the world's tallest obelisk (169.046 m)
Statue of Liberty
 The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical
sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in
New York City, in the United States
 It was a gift to the United States from the people of
France
 The statue is of a robed female figure
representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who
bears a torch and a tablet evoking the law upon
which is inscribed the date of the American
Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
 The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United
States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants
arriving from abroad.
The American Flag
 It consists of thirteen equal horizontal
stripes of red alternating with white,
with a blue rectangle in the canton
bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars
 The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United
States of America
 the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that
declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain,
and became the first states in the US
 Nicknames for the flag include The Stars and Stripes
Lincoln Monument
 American national monument
built to honor the 16th President of
the United States, Abraham
Lincoln
 It is located in Washington, D.C.,
across from the Washington
Monument
 A. Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation that
declared forever free slaves
Liberty Bell
 an iconic symbol of American
independence, located
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 It was rung on July 8, 1776 to proclaim
the independence of USA from England
 It cracked in 1835
Bald Eagle
 The symbol bird of the USA
 Represents the traits of
courage, independence
and strength
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