2. LIBERTY BELL
The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of
American Independence, located in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tradition tells of a chime that changed the
world on July 8, 1776, with the Liberty Bell
ringing out from the tower of Independence
Hall summoning the citizens of Philadelphia
to hear the first public reading of the
Declaration of Independence
the bell was commissioned from the London
firm of Lester and Pack in 1752
The citizens of Pennsylvania paid about $300
in 1752 to have it built for their State House.
3. RAISING THE FLAG ON IWO JIMA
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is a historic photograph taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal
Starting in 1951, de Weldon was commissioned to design a memorial to the Marine Corps. It took de
Weldon and hundreds of his assistants three years to finish it.
The monument was built after the photo of the raising of the flag in Japan as a remembrance
It depicts five United States Marines and a U.S. Navy corpsman raising the flag of the United States
atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.
Of the six men depicted in the picture, three were killed during the battle; the three survivors
became celebrities upon their identification in the photo
4. HOLLYWOOD SIGN
The Hollywood Sign is a famous landmark in the Hollywood Hills area of Mount
Lee, Santa Monica Mountains, in Los Angeles, California.
It was created as an advertisement in 1923
The sign makes frequent appearances in popular culture, particularly in
establishing shots for films and television programs set in or around Hollywood
The sign was first erected in 1923 and originally read "HOLLYWOODLAND".
The sign company owner, Thomas Fisk Goff (1890–1984) designed the sign.
5. THE SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court Building is the seat of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
On May 4, 1987, the Supreme Court Building
was designated a National Historic Landmark
After the federal government was established
in Washington, the court was housed in a
small basement room in the United States
Capitol
In 1929, Chief Justice William Howard Taft
argued successfully for the Court to have its
own headquarters to distance itself from
Congress as an independent branch of
government.
The Supreme Court Building is located at 1
First Street, NE (across the street from the
Capitol) and was designed by architect Cass
Gilbert.
6. VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a
national memorial in Washington, D.C.
It honors U.S. service members of the
U.S. armed forces who fought in the
Vietnam War
The memorial currently consists of three
separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue,
the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
The Memorial Wall was designed by U.S.
architect Maya Lin.
Their are 58,175 names
7. WW11 MEMORIAL
The U.S. National World War II Memorial is a National
Memorial dedicated to Americans who served in the
armed forces and as civilians during World War II.
Consisting of 56 pillars and a pair of arches surrounding
a plaza and fountain, it is located on the National Mall in
Washington, D.C.
It was dedicated by President George W. Bush on May
29, 2004
Ground was broken in September 2001.
8. LINCOLN MEMORIAL
The Lincoln Memorial is an American memorial built to honor the 16th President of
the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
The architect was Henry Bacon, the sculptor of the main statue (Abraham Lincoln,
1920) was Daniel Chester French, and the painter of the interior murals was Jules
Guerin.
designed after the temples of ancient Greece
Built:
1912-1922
9. MONEY
The U.S. dollar is the currency most used in
international transactions and is one of the world's
reserve currencies
The Constitution of the United States of America
provides that the United States Congress shall
have the power "To coin Money".
The U.S. dollar was created and defined by the
Coinage Act of 1792.
The early currency of the USA did not exhibit
faces of presidents, as is the custom now. In fact,
George Washington was against having his face on
the currency, a practice he compared to the
policies of European monarchs
10. THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE
The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United
States of America. It appears on most of its official
seals, including the Seal of the President of the United
States.
Between 1916 and 1945, the Presidential Flag
showed an eagle facing to its left (the viewer's right),
which gave rise to the urban legend that the seal is
changed to have the eagle face towards the olive
branch in peace, and towards the arrows in wartime
The founders of the United States were fond of
comparing their new republic with the Roman
Republic, in which eagle imagery was prominent.
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.
11. THE AMERICAN FLAG
The flag of the United States is one of the nation's most widely recognized symbols.
The United States Flag Code outlines certain guidelines for the use, display, and disposal of
the flag.
The design of the flag has been modified 26 times since it was first adopted in 1777.
Traditionally, the flag of the United States plays a role in military funerals, and occasionally
in those over other civil servants such as the President.
After the flag is completely folded and tucked in, it takes on the appearance of a bicorne,
reminding the American of the soldiers who served under General George Washington
12. UNCLE SAM
Uncle Sam is a common national personification of the
American government originally used during the War of 1812.
He is depicted as a stern elderly man with white hair and a
goatee beard
Typically he is dressed in clothing that recalls the design
elements of the flag of the United States
The well-known "recruitment" image of Uncle Sam was
created by James Montgomery Flagg
More than four million copies of this image were printed
between 1917 and 1918.
13. SMOKEY THE BEAR
Smokey Bear is a mascot of the United States Forest
Service created to educate the public about the dangers
of forest fires
From the beginning, Smokey's name was intentionally
spelled differently from the adjective smoky.
The living symbol of Smokey Bear was an American black
bear cub who in the spring of 1950 was caught in the
Capitan Gap fire, a wildfire that burned 17,000 acres in
the Lincoln National Forest
Smokey Bear's name and image are protected by U.S.
federal law, the Smokey Bear Act of 1952
14. BROTHER JONATHAN
Brother Jonathan was a fictional character created to
personify the entire United States, in the early days of the
country's existence.
In editorial cartoons and patriotic posters, Brother Jonathan
was usually depicted as a typical American revolutionary, with
tri-cornered hat and long military jacket.
Originally, from 1776 to 1783, "Brother Jonathan" was a mildly
derisive term used by the Loyalists to describe the Patriots.
However, Brother Jonathan, and variants of the name
Jonathan continued to be used as slang references to
Americans through the American Civil War. For example
Johnny Reb meant a Confederate soldier
Brother Jonathan was replaced by the female personification
Columbia and the increasingly popular Uncle Sam
15. COLUMBIA
Columbia, is a poetic name for the Americas and the feminine personification of the
United States of America.
The name Columbia for "America" first appeared in 1738 in the weekly publication of
the debates of the British Parliament in Edward Cave's The Gentleman's Magazine.
By the time of the Revolution, the name Columbia had lost the comic overtone of its
"Lilliputian" origins and had become established as an alternative, or poetic name for
America.
16. Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in the stores,
restaurants, and vending machines of more than 200
countries
It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta,
Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke (a
registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the
United States since March 27, 1944)
Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs
Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its
dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout
the 20th century
The Coca-Cola Company has, on occasion, introduced
other cola drinks under the Coke brand name. The most
common of these is Diet Coke, with others including
Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine-Free,
Coca-Cola Cherry, Coca-Cola Zero, Coca-Cola Vanilla,
and special editions with lemon, lime or coffee.
17. STATUE OF LIBERTY
a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in
New York Harbor
designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on
October 28, 1886.
The statue is a gift to the United States from the
people of France
The statue is of a robed female figure representing
Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a
torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law)
upon which is inscribed the date of the American
Declaration of Independence
A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue has become
an icon of freedom and of the United States.
18. WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE
Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas
painting by German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.
It commemorates General George Washington's crossing of the
Delaware River on December 25, 1776, during the American
Revolutionary War.
That action was the first move in a surprise attack against the
Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey in the Battle of Trenton.
In 2004 the painting became part of the permanent collection
of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
19. MONTICELLO
Monticello is a National Historic Landmark just
outside Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
It was the estate of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States
Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States, and founder of the
University of Virginia
it is also, at his direction, the site of Jefferson's burial place.
The house, which Jefferson designed, was based on the neoclassical principles described
in the books of the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio
An image of the west front of Monticello by Felix Schlag has been featured on the
reverse of the nickel minted since 1938
20. MOUNT VERNON
Mount Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, was the plantation home of the
first President of the United States, George Washington
The mansion is built of wood in neoclassical Georgian architectural style, and the
estate is located on the banks of the Potomac River.
Mount Vernon was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is listed
on the National Register of Historic Places.
It is owned and maintained in trust by The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
