Title: National Treasures
1National Treasures
2George Washington
3October 3, 1789 Washington proclaims the first
National Day of Thanksgiving.
4Abraham Lincoln
5April 15, 1865. Lincoln died themorning after
being shot at Fords Theatre in Washington D.C.
by John Wilkes Booth, an actor.
6George W. Bush
7Bush was a mediocre student at Andover and
not a star athlete, yet he always seemed to
find himself in the center of the action.
George W. became the head football
cheerleader his senior year but was not
viewed by classmates as a leader.
8American Flag
9The flag should not be used as part of a costume
or athletic uniform, except that a flag patch may
be used on the uniform of military personnel,
fireman, policeman and members of patriotic
organizations.
10Statue of Liberty
11The sculptor who designed the Statue of Liberty,
Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, was born into a
well-to-do middle-class family in Colmar, France,
on August 2, 1834.
12Monticello
13On July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the
Declaration of Independence, Jefferson died
atMonticello.
14The Liberty Bell
15The strike note of the Liberty Bell is E flat.
16Credits
- USA Background
- http//www.heathersanimations.com/backgrounds/usab
gs.html - Firecrackers and flag clipart
- http//www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/july4/clip.html
- Picture of George Washington
- http//www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.h
tm - Picture of Lincoln
- http//www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.
html - Picture of Bush
- http//www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html
- Flag Picture
- http//www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagpics.html
- Statue of Liberty Picture
- http//www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/sl/
- Picture of Monticello
- http//www.monticello.org/