National symbols of the USA
The United States of America celebrates Independence Day on July 4
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The American flag has 13 horizontal stripes representing the 13 British colonies that declared independence from Great Britain becoming the first states, and 50 stars representing the 50 states of the USA. Photo: US flag on the moon
© AP Photo/NASA/Neil A. Armstrong The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the US from the people of France. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States
© EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT South Dakota's Mount Rushmore National Memorial features 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of four US presidents: George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), and Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865).
© AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File The bald eagle is both the national bird and national animal of the United States of America
© AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth US Capitol building is the seat of the US Congress and a widely recognized symbol of the US
© EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS US Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. It announced that the 13 American colonies regarded themselves no longer a part of the British Empire. Photo: Declaration of Independence, painting by John Trumbull
© wikimedia.org/US Capitol/public domain The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution
© AP Photo/US National Archive Author of the Bill of Rights James Photo: Madison Portrait of James Madison by John Vanderlyn
© wikimedia.org/public domain Page one of the US Declaration of Independence
© P Photo/New York Public Library Portrait of the author of the Declaration of Independence and the first President of the US George Washington
© AP Photo/National Portrait Gallery