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US Symbols
3rd grade
Question | Answer |
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Landmark | is an important natural or human feature that marks a location. |
Statue | is a monument built to honor or remember a person, an idea, or an event. |
Mount Rushmore | This is a sculpture of 4 US presidents – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Images of their faces are carved into a cliff in South Dakota. |
Holiday | is a day set aside for remembering a person, an idea, or an event. |
Patriotic Symbol | is something like a flag that stands for the ideas in which people believe. The liberty bell is an example. |
United States Flag | 13 stripes (13 colonies) and 50 stars (50 states) Red stands for courage, white for liberty and blue for truth and loyalty. |
Bald Eagle | is the national bird of the US. It only lives in North America. |
Liberty Bell | located in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is another patriotic symbol. It was rung after the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. |
Monument | is built to honor a person or an event in history. It can be a sculpture, a fountain, a building or any lasting marker. An example is the Washington Monument. |
Memorial | helps keep the memory of a person or an event alive. The Lincoln Memorial helps people remember President Abraham Lincoln |
Betsy Ross | Believed to have sewed our first flag. |
Pledge of Allegiance | is a promise that people make to be loyal, or true, to the United States. |
The white in flag stands for | liberty |
The red in the flag stands for | courage |
The blue in the flag stands for | loyalty and truth |
What is the name of our national anthem | The Star Spangled Banner |
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner | Francis Scott Key |
Flag | is sometimes referred to as "Stars and Stripes: and "Old Glory." |
What day is Flag Day | June 14 |
Statue of Liberty | stands in the New York harbor. It was a gift from France and is a symbol of freedom. |