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  S Y M B O L S

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A symbol is something that standsfor, or represents, something else .

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Every Country and nation has places, sights and

buildings that can be used as their symbols

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  National symbols of

eorgia and !he "S# #ME$%C# EO$%#

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 The thirteen stripes represent

the original thirteen colonies

that were settled by the British

Empire. In 1776, the colonies

achieved independence, and

came together to form nited!tates of America. "ver the

history of the nited !tates, the

co#ntry e$panded across the

continent to the west coast and

beyond, increasing the total

n#mber of states to fifty. Thefifty states are represented by

the fifty stars in the canton&

The red !t. %eorge&s cross has

represented %eorgia since the

'th cent#ry, and the flag with all

five crosses has been #sed

since aro#nd the 1(th cent#ry.

The e$tra fo#r crosses mayhave been added when %eorge

) r#led the *ingdom,

incorporating the +hristian

infl#ence bro#ght by

cr#saders.

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  %reat !eal "f The !A   The coat of arms "f %eorgia

 The coat of arms of theep#blic of %eorgia wasadopted on 1 "ctober -/. It is

partially based on the medievalarms of the %eorgian royalho#se of Bagrationi.The mottobelow the shieldreads as 0 !trength is in nity2Dzala Ertobashia, written inthe 3*hedr#li script of

the %eorgian alphabet, ძალა4ერთობაშია

The American Bald Eagle is the

national symbol of the co#ntry.

It symboli5es each individ#alsindependence and strength. It

was officially adopted in #ne

-, 178-. The motto of the

nited !tates E Pluribus

Unum2o#t of many, one4 isembla5oned on the scroll held

in the eagle&s bea* and refers to

this #nion. 

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  The 9hite :o#se

  It is the official residence andprincipal wor*place ofthe ;resident of the nited !tates,located at 16 ;ennsylvania

Aven#e .

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3o#nt #shmore is located in theBlac* :ills of !o#th =a*ota. It hasthe faces of fo#r nited !tatespresidents carved in the side of amo#ntian. The presidents are0%eorge 9ashington, Thomasefferson, Theodore oosevelt, andAbraham ?incoln. 9or*ers wor*edon the pro@ect from 1>-71>/1. They#sed dynamite to clear away#nwanted roc*. 3o#nt #shmore

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Statue of Liberty"ne of the symbols of the !A is The

!tat#e "f ?iberty. It is the gift romthe

rench government to The !A.

The stat#e "f ?iberty is a woman holding a

Torch #p high. !he symboli5es welcome toa

?and of freedom. It was p#t #p in

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 #ns'er the (uestions9hat national symbols of

The !A can yo# nameD

9here is the !tat#e "f

?ibertyD

9hich bird is the symbol of

the co#ntryD

9here is the officialresidence of the !A

president D

:ow long has the 9hite

:o#se been the residence

of the ;residentD:ow did the !tat#e of

?iberty appear in

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