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United States Landmarks
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Popular United States Landmarks:
Man-Made Landmarks• Washington
Monument• Lincoln Memorial• Jefferson Memorial• Statue of Liberty• Mount Rushmore• Liberty Bell
Natural Landmarks• Grand Canyon• Haystack Rock• Mono Lake• Niagara Falls• Crater Lake• Yellowstone
National Park
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What are the two types of landmarks?
• Natural landmarks are landmarks that have been formed by nature.
• Man-made landmarks have been produced, formed, or made by humans.
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Man-Made Landmarks:Washington Monument
Washington D.C.
• Built to remember our 1st president, George Washington.
• Honors George Washington as the Father of Our Country.
• It is about 555 feet tall and has a pointed top.
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Lincoln MemorialWashington D.C.
• Built to remember Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president.
• Honors his work to end slavery.• A 19 foot statue that shows President
Lincoln sitting in a chair.
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Jefferson Memorial
• Built to remember our 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson.
• President Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
• Built the plantation, Monticello.
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Statue of LibertyNew York City
• The seven spikes on the crown represent the light of liberty shining on the seven seas and continents.
• The torch stands for lighting the way to freedom.• The tablet shows the date the Declaration of
Independence was signed.
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Mount RushmoreSouth Dakota
• Honors George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
• Faces are about 60 feet tall.• About 400 workers help build the
monument.
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Liberty BellPennsylvania
• Rang in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
• Rang for many years until it cracked in 1835.
• You can see the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.
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Natural Landmarks:Grand Canyon
Colorado
• Formed 17 million years ago.
• Created by the Colorado river eroding the rock.
• The river is 277 miles long and 18 miles wide!
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Haystack RockOregon
• The rock sits on Oregon's coast at a place called Cannon Beach.
• It is 235 feet tall.
• The rock was formed from lava about 10 to 17 million years ago.
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Mono LakeCalifornia
• It is a California landmark that is 760,000 years old!
• The rocks in the lake are made of limestone.
• 100,000 people visit the lake every year.
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Niagara FallsCanadian-American Border
• Was formed over the last 12,000 years by melting glaciers and water erosion.
• The largest crest stretches 2,600 feet.
• It attracts 12 million visitors every year.
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Crater LakeOregon
• Was formed by the collapse of the Mount Mazama volcanoes.
• The crater is 6,850 years old.
• It has a 100 year old tree stump floating in it called “Old Man of the Lake”.
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Yellowstone National ParkWyoming, Montana, and Idaho
• The park spans 3,472 square miles over three states.
• It has lakes, canyons, rivers, and mountains.
• The park was preserved by Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.
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