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=Identify and explain the meaning of American national symbols=
 * Topics on the Page **
 * The American Flag **
 * ** The Rainbow Flag **
 * ** The Juneteenth Flag **
 * The Bald Eagle **
 * The White House **
 * The Statue of Liberty **
 * ** Statues Honoring Women in American History **
 * ** Helping Hands Jane Addams Memorial **


 * The Great Seal of the United States **
 * More Memorials and Monuments in the United States **
 * ** National September 11 Memorial **
 * ** The Crazy Horse Memorial **
 * ** Geronimo Surrender Monument **
 * ** Cesar E. Chavez National Monument **
 * ** Tui Manu' a Graves ** **Monument, American Samoa**

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 * === The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America. ===
 * === The blue square is officially known at the "union," as all of the states are bound in unionThe 13 stripes represent the original 13 British colonies that declared independence from the Great Britain. Nicknames for the flag are "The Stars and Stripes," "Old Glory," and the "Star Spangled Banner."===

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 * === Click here for resources for teaching about Flag Day (June 14). ===
 * === **Click** ** here ** **for lesson plans about the American flag from PBS.** ===

===The Truth about Betsy Ross from Colonial Williamsburg reveals that there is little historical evidence to indicate who actually created the first flag.===
 * **5 Myths about the American Flag**

[[image:timeline2_rus.svg.png]] Click here for a timeline of the American Flag
**Long May She Wave: The True Story of Caroline Pickersgill and her Star-Spangled Creation**. Kristen Fulton. Illustrated by Holly Berry. Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2017
 * Two 13-year-olds (one white and one an African American indentured servant) along with adults sewed the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner

The Rainbow Flag

 * [[image:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Gay_flag.svg width="75" height="46" link="@https://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/who-made-that-rainbow-flag/?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article"]]Who Made the Rainbow Flag?**
 * **Gilbert Baker, Gay Activist Who Created the Rainbow Flag, Dies at 65 (March 30, 2017)**

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==="It is said the eagle was used as a national emblem because, at one of the first battles of the Revolution (which occurred early in the morning) the noise of the struggle awoke the sleeping eagles on the heights and they flew from their nests and circled about over the heads of the fighting men, all the while giving vent to their raucous cries. 'They are shrieking for Freedom,' said the patriots.=== ===Thus the eagle, full of the boundless spirit of freedom, living above the valleys, strong and powerful in his might, has become the national emblem of a country that offers freedom in word and thought and an opportunity for a full and free expansion into the boundless space of the future."===

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 * === For over 200 years, the White House has been more than just the home of the Presidents and their families. Throughout the world, it is recognized as the symbol of the President, of the President's administration, and of the United States. ===

** The Statue of Liberty **
===The Statue of Liberty is located near Ellis Island, NY. This is where many immigrants (about 12 million) came to America, so the Statue of Liberty would be one of the first things they saw. It welcomed them into the United States.===

===The torch she is holding represents liberty for all Americans. The tablet she is holding says "July 4, 1776" in Roman numerals, Independence Day. The 7 spikes on her crown represent the 7 continents and the 7 seas.===

[|June 17, 1885: The Statue of Liberty Came to America] from the WhiteHouse

[|Statue of Liberty, 1884: A Primary Source from U. S. Grant]


 * [|Statue of Liberty--An Egyptian Peasant Woman?]
 * The Statute of Liberty was Originally a Muslim Woman

"Her Right Foot." Dave Eggers. Illustrated by Shawn Harris, Chronicle, 2017

===The Statute of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol===

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 * See also the Denver Post Photo Blog for the 125th Anniversary in 2011.
 * Click here for a virtual tour of the Statue of Liberty from the National Parks Service.

===[|Women on Pedestals] lists places in the United States where there are statutes honoring important women in history===

Helping Hands Jane Addams Memorial

For background on the Great Seal and its history:
===Original Design for the Great Seal from the Our Documents Collection of the National Archives.===
 * ==== Click here for an overview of the Great Seal from the United States District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. ====
 * === **[|The Great Seal of the United States] from U.S. Department of State** ===

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 * ===** Classroom Activity: ** Ask the students if they think these are good symbols for America. Have them design their own flags, White Houses, Great Seal, and pick their own animal to represent America. ===
 * === **Click** ** here ** **for a lesson plans about America's national symbols.** ===

National September 11 Memorial
Link to World History II.48 for more on the September 11 Attacks and America's Response

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 * The Slow Carving of the Crazy Horse Monument**


 * [[image:Multimedia.png link="@http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/01/08/crazy-horse-memorial-elam-orig.cnn"]]Crazy Horse Memorial is Bigger Than Mount Rushmore**



The Geronimo Surrender Monument
Honoring an Apache Warrior



Cesar E. Chavez National Monument
Visit the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument

Tui Manu' a Graves Monument, American Samoa
Visit the Monument