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1. The National Mall is a large, open park area in the center of the city. Located in the center of the Mall is the Washington Monument. Also located on the mall are the Lincoln Memorial, the National World War II Memorial at the east end of the reflecting pool, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and the Albert Einstein Memorial. The National Archives houses thousands of documents important to American history including the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Located directly south of the mall, the Tidal

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Washington, D.C. Summary

Washington, D.C. Washington D.C. is the capital of the US. It is a city that has no state. George Washington became the first president of the US in 1790. Washington picked a place for the capital near his home, Mount Vernon. The state of Maryland gave some land and Virginia gave some land.This made the the District of Columbia. The name of the capital is after George Washington. Washington , D.C. has many beautiful buildings,wide streets and parks.Washington, D.C. is very special in the spring.It is cherry blossom time, these cherry trees were sent by Japan to the US in 1912. The trees have beautiful flowers in March or April. It is pretty time to see Washington, D.C. The most famous building is the White House.It is the place where the President lives and works. The White House includes the private living quarters for the

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Most of the people live in towns. There are 50 states in America. The biggest of the state is Texas, next by size are California, Alaska and Montana. Six states - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut ,Rhode Island and Massachusetts are called New England. They are all small states in the U.S. that lie in the north-east. The first colony of immigrants settled down in Virginia, in the eastern part of the U.S.A. The biggest cities are New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, etc. The flag of America was adopted on 14 th June 1777. It is called the "Stars and Stripes". It is said that Betsy Ross sewed the first flag. It features 13 horizontal red and white stripes (for the first colonies which formed the U.S.A.) and 50 stars on the blue background. Red means courage, blue justice and white innocence. There is a star for every state of the USA.

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Topic - USA

Tallinn English College Topic The United States of America Tallinn 2007 1. Introduction The United States of America's territory is over 3.7 million square miles (over 9.6 million km²) and population more than 300 million people. The capital city is Washington D.C. Although the United States has no official language at the federal level, English is the de facto national language. English is the most common language for daily interaction among both native and non-native speakers. Spanish is the second language. The largest city is the New York City. The Government is Federal constitutional republic and the president is George W. Bush. 2. Geographical position The United States of America is located on the continent of North America

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The USA presentation

center of movie studios and movie stars The word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym of cinema of the United States It is a popular destination for nightlife and tourism and home to the Hollywood Walk of Fame  Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore is Presidential Memorial Represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States Sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents(left to right): George Washington (1732­ 1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743­1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858­1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809­ 1865)  White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States It was built between 1792 and 1800 White House has been the executive residence of every U.S. President since John Adams In 2007, it was ranked second on the American Institute of

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statue was built in France - it was finished in July, 1884. It was brought to the USA in 350 3 pieces on a French ship called the "Isere". The statue was re-assembled in the USA and was completed on October 28, 1886. The Statue of Liberty The White House is the official residence of the President of the United States of America, and has been for over 200 years. It is located in Washington, D.C., the capital city of the USA. The White House was designed by the Irish-American architect James Hoban, who had won a architectural design competition in 1792. Hoban's design is said to have been very similar to a plan from James Gibbs' "Book of Architecture". Extra pavillions were added to the White House later; they were designed by the architect Benjamin Latrobe. The first US President to live in the White House was John Adams ( the second President of the USA).

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figures of African American history during the 1800s, and one of the most influential lecturers and authors in American history. Douglass was a firm believer in the equality of all people, whether black, female, American Indian, or recent immigrant. He spent his entire life advocating the brotherhood of all humankind. One of his favorite quotations was: "I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong." Life as a slave Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, who later became known as Frederick Douglass, was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland near Hillsboro. He was separated from his mother, Harriet Bailey, when he was still an infant. She died when Douglass was about 7. The identity of Douglass' father is obscure; Douglass originally stated that his father was a white man, perhaps his master, Captain Aaron Anthony, but later said he knew nothing of his father's identity. When Anthony died, Douglass was given to Mrs. Lucretia Auld,

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The USA

The heart of New York is Mannhattan Island. Since the fall of the Twin Towers which were part of the World Trading Center, the Empire State Building is once again the highest building in the city. The Statue of Liberty stands in the harbor of New York, it was a gift from France. Immigrants used to pass her on the way to Ellis Island, where they were registered for entering the country. Today tourists can approach her by ferry. Washington, DC. It is the capital of the USA. Its streets are laid out in a classical geometric pattern. ,,DC" stands for ,,District of Columbia", in honor of Christopher Columbus. The Location for the capital was chosen in the middle of the east-coast States, as part of a compromise between the Northern and Southern States. Tourists in Washington like to visit the Mall. In the middle of the Mall, you can go up the Washington Monument. To the west you can see memorials for President Abraham

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