The White House by Kyle and Parker

The White House is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901. In the White House there are 132 rooms , 32 bathrooms , and 6 levels to accommodate all the people who live and work in the White House. The White House has a bowling alley , a swimming pool , a movie theater , and a dance quarter. The White House gets over 6,000 visitors per day. The White House has 510 gallons of paint on the outside. Almost every President has lived in the historical house. The White House is over 200 years old.

Mt. Saint Helens by Megan and Payton

Mount St. Helens is a volcano in the Cascade Mountains, 95 miles (153 km) south of Seattle. It is 8,363 ft high. It is 40,000 years old. Mount St. Helens takes its English name from the British diplomat lord St. Helens, a friend of George Vancouver who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century. At 8:32 Sunday morning Mount St. Helens erupted shaken by a 5.1 earthquake. There were unfortunately 57 people killed by Mount St. Helens when it. The lava poured out rounding to the speed of 650 miles per hour. Mount St. Helens transformed millions of acres of prehistoric forest into a virtual wasteland. Mount St. Helens was one of the biggest eruptions ever.

Mt. Rushmore by Emily and Faith

What's Mt. Rushmore? Mt. Rushmore is a 60 ft. 18. 3m mountain with the faces of 4 presidents carved into it. The carvers of Mt. Rushmore were Duane Robinson and Gutzon Borglum. The four presidents carved on Mt. Rushmore are Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Rosevelt and George Washington. The figure of Thomas Jefferson was started on George Washington's right. After 18 months of carving the figure of Thomas Jefferson had to be dynamited off the mountain and once again started but started on the left of George Washington. About 2 million tons of rock were blasted off the mountainside during this blow off. The entire project cost the U.S. Senate 989,992.32. It was named after a New York City Attorney Charles E. Rushmore. Gutzon Borglum the carver of Mt. Rushmore died in 1941. Mt. Rushmore is proudly in South Dakota. Mt. Rushmore was not actually finished, but had to be stopped in 1941 because of the death of Gutzon Burglom. Isn't Mt. Rushmore the coolest of all?

Lady Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was presented to America in 1886 by France. Under her left arm, Lady Liberty holds a book. At her feet are broken shackels. In her right arm, she holds a torch. It is made out of copper which has changed color overtime. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom. Gustave Eiffel was the designer of the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty weighs 450,000 lbs. There are 7 rays on her crown to represent the 7 continents and the 7 seas.


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Statue Of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was built with the help of France. The statue is 151 feet tall.
The Statue of Liberty is a woman holding a lit flame in her right hand and in her left hand is a tablet which the date that the Decleration of Indpendence was signed engraved in it. At her feet is a broken chain which represents freedom of the slaves. The Statue is made of a sheeting of pure copper, hung on a frame work of steel except for the flame which is coated in gold leaf. People around the world call her Lady Liberty. Lady Liberty's color is now green because of a chemical reaction process called oxidation that happened between the sea water around her. There are 154 steps from the pedestral to the head of the staute. The location of the of the statue is on Liberty Island, New York.

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Statue of Liberty

Did you know that the Statue of Liberty is located on Ellis Island in New York? The sculptor of the Statue of Liberty is Frederic Auguste Barthold. The Statue of Liberty took ten hours a day, 7 days a week, and 9 years to finish. It was finished in 1884. Also it was presented to America July 4th. Lady Liberty holds a tablet in her left hand that reads July 4,1776. Lady Liberty holds a flaming torch in her right hand. There are seven rays on the Statue of Liberty's crown, one for each of the seven continents, each measuring up to 9 feet in length and weighing as much as 150 pounds. Also the Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28,1886. Lady Liberty also has a chain representing the symbol of Freedom. The Statue came from the French as a gift.
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