U' S' Landmarks

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U. S. Landmarks
BY eMILY
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Mount Rushmore
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Mount Rushmore facts

• Mount Rushmore has four faces carved into it.
  They
• Are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas
• Jefferson ,and Teddy Roosevelt.
• 2.Work began on October 4, 1927 and ended October
  31,
• 1941.
• 3.They were all carved out of granite.

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Washington Monument
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Washington Monument facts

• The worlds tallest unreinforced, all-stone
• Structure is the Washington Monument. It is
• a hollow Shaft in the shape of an obelisk that
• stands 555 ft. 5 in. High.
• 2. It weighs an estimated 91,000 tons.
• 3. The Washington monument is named after George
• Washington.

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Statue of Liberty
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Statue of Liberty facts

• Standing at the entrance to N.Y. harbor is a 150
• foot statue Of a woman holding a book and raising
  
• a torch .
• 2. For more than 100 years the Statue of Liberty
  in N.Y.
• bay Has been a symbol to the U.S.
• 3. It came from France as a gift.

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Lincoln Memorial
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Lincoln Memorial facts

• The Lincoln Memorial commemorates the life of
• Abraham Lincoln.
• 2. The Lincoln Memorial is located in Washington
  D. C.
• 3.Over Lincolns head is the inscription In this
• Temple, as in the hearts of The
• people for whom he saved The
• Union, the memory of Abraham
• Lincoln is enshrined forever.

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Sources

• www.yahooligans
• Britannica online