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  • Star-Spangled Banner: 1814

    cared for at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. “Star-Spangled Banner” facts and figures: In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an Executive Order to make it our national anthem. In 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-star-spangled

  • Learning Adventures 14 and more

    Happen In this Learning Adventure, we will be learning about the election process for Federal officials, specifically the President and Vice President, Senators, and Representatives. Information about specific candidates and their campaigns or political...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/learning-adventures-14more

  • U.S. Constitution Facts and Figures

    ratified it. Not all the states had ratified the Constitution by April 30, 1789, when George Washington became the first President of the United States. George Washington was President of the Constitutional Convention. Benjamin Franklin, 81, was the...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-us-constitution-facts-figures

  • How Elections Happen

    In this Learning Adventure, we will be learning about the election process for Federal officials, specifically the President and Vice President, Senators, and Representatives. Information about specific candidates and their campaigns or political...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/how-elections-happen

  • The Legislative Branch

    Seas”, among others. Article I also states the requirements a person must meet to run for Congress, establishes the Vice President as President of the Senate, and places limitations on some of their actions.

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-legislative

  • Gettysburg Address: 1863

    The Gettysburg Address was a speech given by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the official dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery (now called the Gettysburg National Cemetery) at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was an important...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/gettysburg-address-1863

  • The What and Who of Elections

    carry out laws while in office. In the United States, we hold elections for many public offices. The people we elect for President, Senators, and Representatives are public servants and work for the Federal Government. The President is the...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/what-and-who-of-elections-app

  • Gettysburg Address: 1863

    The Gettysburg Address was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery (now called the Gettysburg National Cemetery) at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The dedication of the cemetery was an...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-gettysburg-1863

  • Lincoln Memorial: 1922

    the Washington Monument, and close to the banks of the Potomac River. It honors Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), the sixteenth President of the United States and one of the most famous leaders in our Nation’s history. Lincoln was President during the...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-lincoln-memorial

  • U.S. Government Web sites for Kids

    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 First Lady. Smithsonian Kids has links to...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/58-parents-educators-for-journeyperson-and-master/197-u-s-government-web-sites-for-kids-9-plus

  • U.S. Capitol: 1793 (construction began)

    of Representatives and Senate meet, debate, and discuss national legislation. The design for the Capitol was chosen by President George Washington and awarded to William Thornton in 1793. The cornerstone of the Capitol was laid by Washington on...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-us-capitol

  • About the Gettysburg Address

    Memorial in Washington, DC, the text of the Gettysburg Address is carved into one of the walls beside the statue of President Lincoln. Two draft versions are preserved at the Library of Congress and can be viewed online.

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-about-gettysburg

  • The Constitutional Convention

    be eligible to hold office, Senators would have to be citizens for nine years and Representatives for seven years, and the President must be native-born. In order to make changes or amendments to the Constitution, nine of the 13 states would have to...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-constitutional-convention

  • U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial): 1954

    the picture that he created a life-sized model of it. The sculpture based on that photograph was officially dedicated by President Eisenhower on November 10, 1954, on the 179th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps. The base of the memorial is made of...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-iwo-jima-memorial

  • About the Gettysburg Address

    Memorial in Washington, DC, the text of the Gettysburg Address is carved into one of the walls beside the statue of President Lincoln. Two draft versions are preserved at the Library of Congress and can be viewed online.

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/about-the-gettysburg-address

  • Declaration of Independence Facts and Figures

    John Hancock, President of the Second Continental Congress and a governor of Massachusetts, was the first to sign; he used such a large, bold script that people now speak of a ‘John Hancock’ to mean a signature. Some of the delegates were not in...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-declaration-facts-figures

  • World War II Memorial: 2004

    as the District of Columbia. On the walls of the memorial are the names of important battles as well as quotations from Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, and others. One quotation from President Truman reads: OUR DEBT TO THE HEROIC MEN AND VALIANT WOMEN IN...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-ww2-memorial

  • Supreme Court Building: 1935

    and then finally moved to Washington in 1800 and met in the newly constructed U.S. Capitol Building. In 1929, former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft worked to establish a permanent home for the Court; the cornerstone was laid three years...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-supreme-court-building

  • Emancipation Proclamation: 1863

    the United States. The differences between the North and the South on slavery eventually led to the Civil War (1861-1865). President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, as the Nation was in the middle...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-emancipation-1863

  • The Constitutional Convention

    were also addressed. Senators would have to be citizens for nine years and Representatives for seven years, and the President must be native-born to be eligible to hold office. In order to make changes or amendments to the Constitution, nine of the 13...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/m-constitutional-convention

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