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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: 2011
“I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial, made references to the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, and other historic speeches and writings. Dr. King was...
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Emancipation Proclamation: 1863
The Declaration of Independence stated that “all men are created equal,” but it did not deal with the difficult issue of slavery in the United States. The differences between the North and the South on slavery eventually led to the Civil War...
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Gettysburg Address: 1863
States would continue to fight to preserve the nation that was created by the Founding Fathers who wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Gettysburg Address facts and figures: At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, the text of the Gettysburg...
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Statue of Liberty: 1886
It is a statue of a woman holding a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left hand with the date of the Declaration of Independence in Roman numerals: July 4, 1776. Her crown has seven points that represent rays of light and also the seven seas...
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial: 1943
our third President (1801-1809) and one of our Nation’s Founding Fathers. Jefferson was the main author of the Declaration of Independence and served as the first Secretary of State under President George Washington and served as Vice President under...
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Emancipation Proclamation: 1863
Although the Declaration of Independence stated that “all men are created equal,” it did not deal with the difficult issue of slavery in the United States. The differences between the North and the South on slavery eventually led to the Civil War...
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About the Gettysburg Address
proposition that all men are created equal.” A score is another way of saying 20, so Lincoln was referring to the Declaration of Independence and the year 1776, which was 87 years before the year 1863. The battle at Gettysburg was not only a battle...
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U.S. Government Web sites for Kids
Office has links to primary documents from our Nation’s past and present, such as the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. The Presidents from the White House has biographical information on each U.S. President and...
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U.S. Government Web sites for Kids
Office has links to primary documents from our Nation’s past and present, such as the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. Smithsonian Kids has links to resources on American history, U.S. Presidents, and more. The U.S....
https://bensguide.gpo.gov/parent-ed-u-s-government-web-sites-for-kids
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