 |
 South
Carolina: Facts and Figures Area
32,007 sq mi. Population 4,012,012. Capital
Columbia. Ratified Constitution May 23,
1788. |
 Massachusetts
Bay Colony The Governor
and Company of Massachusetts Bay in New England
was chartered in 1629, and given the right to
govern a tract of land extending from three miles
south of the Charles River to a point three miles
north of the Merrimac, west to the Pacific Ocean. |
 Liberty
Bell Originally installed in the
steeple of the Philadelphia City Hall in 1751,
this iconic symbol of America did not become
known as the Liberty Bell until 1836, when it was
used as a symbol by an abolitionist newspaper. |
 Official
Symbols of New Jersey The New Jersey
State Flag was adopted in 1896. The colors of the
flag, buff and dark blue, were the colors George
Washington chose for the flag of New Jersey's
army regiments during the Revolutionary War. |
 New
Amsterdam was established by the
Dutch West India Company at the southern tip of
Manhattan Island in 1624. Originally founded to
protect Dutch fur trade operations in the Hudson
River Valley, it became New York City in 1664. |
 The U.S.
Capitol is the seat
of the federal government, where both houses of
Congress meet. The building has 175,170 square
feet of usable space, encompassing approximately
540 rooms, and sits on 274 acres. |
 Arlington
Memorial Amphitheatre is
situated near the center of Arlington National
Cemetery, behind the Tomb of the Unknowns. The
Amphitheatre is the site of the national Easter,
Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrations, and
has also "hosted" the state funerals of
several American military heroes. |
 Don
Gaspar de Portolá led an expedition
in 1768 that established the first Presidio
(military fort) at San Diego and
"discovered" San Francisco Bay. He also
established the first Presidio at Monterey, in
1770. |
 The Lincoln
Memorial is 189 feet
long, 118-2/3 feet wide, and 99 feet high. The
interior is dominated by a statue of Abraham
Lincoln that stands 19 feet high and is 19 feet
across. Construction began on February 12, 1915,
and the memorial was dedicated on May 30, 1922. |
 The Mayflower
Compact was the first
agreement for self-government ever put in force
in America. It was drawn up because the Puritans
(Pilgrims) wanted to avoid the failures of
earlier colonies by establishing a government
prior to settlement. It was signed aboard the Mayflower
on November 11, 1620 (old style). |
 Jamestown
On April 26, 1607, three ships -
carrying 103 men arrived at present-day Cape
Henry, at the southern entrance to Chesapeake
Bay. After a brief exploration of the area, the
small fleet sailed another 60 miles up the James
River and, on May 14, established the first
permanent English colony in America. |
 Niagara
Falls are a group of
waterfalls noted for the great volume of water
which drops over a steep escarpment 167 feet high
in the Niagara River. They are the second largest
falls in the world, behind Victoria Falls in
southern Africa. About 20 percent of the world's
total freshwater supply falls over Niagara every
day. |
 Statue
of Liberty Properly
known as Liberty Enlightening the World,
the Statue of Liberty stands on Liberty Island
(formerly Bedloe's Island) in New York Harbor.
France gave the monument to the United States in
1884 as a symbol of friendship. |
