American Symbols

American Symbols

• 50 stars = 50 states

• 13 stripes = 13 original colonies

• Red = courage

• White = making good choices

• Blue = fairness

American Flag

​Stands for the whole country

• Strong

• Brave

• Freedom

Bald Eagle

• Friendship

• Hope for a better life

• Freedom

• Welcomes people from all over the world

Statue of Liberty

• Honors George Washington

• 1st President

Washington Monument

• Honors Abraham Lincoln

• 16th President

• He said all people should be free

Lincoln Memorial

• Where the President lives and works

White House

• Means "to tell everyone about freedom"

• Rang on George Washington's birthday

Liberty Bell

• Freedom

• Laws are made there

United States Capitol

• Honors 4 Presidents

  • George Washington

  • Thomas Jeffereson

  • Theodore Roosevelt

  • Abraham Lincoln

• Birth, growth, development, & preservation of the United States

Mount Rushmore

Match

Match the symbol to its name.

Bald Eagle

American Flag

Statue of Liberty

Washington Monument

United States Capitol

• Bald Eagle

• American Flag

• Statue of Liberty

• Washington Monument

• United States Capitol

Match

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Lincoln Memorial

White House

Liberty Bell

Mount Rushmore

• Lincoln Memorial

• White House

• Liberty Bell

• Mount Rushmore