Places

Monuments:

Lincoln Memorial:

	A monument dedicated to Abe Lincoln our 16th President.
	It is Located in Potomac Park in Washington DC.
	It was designed by Henry Bacon, a New York Architect.
	Construction began on February 14, 1912 and it was dedicated on May 30, 1922.
	The memorial cost $2,940,000.
	It stands at the end of the Mall in line with the capital building.

Statue of Liberty:

She was a gift given to the United States by France.

It is located In New York City. It stands on Liberty Island in New York Bay.

The statue symbolizes freedom throughout the world.

It's formal name is "Liberty Enlightening the World".

The statue describes a woman escaping the chains of tyranny, which lie at her feet.

	Her right hand holds a burning torch that means liberty.
	Her left hand holds a tablet inscribed with the date "July 4, 1776" which is our independence day.
	She is wearing flowing robes.
	The seven rays of her spiked crown symbolize the seven seas and continents.

The height of the statue is 151 feet tall.

(with the base and pedestal it is 305 feet tall)

The surface of the statue is hammered copper sheets about 2.4mm thick.

The iron frame was devised by the French Engineer, Gustave Alexandre Eiffel.

He also built the Eiffel tower in Paris.

The statue was finished in July 1884.

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	The Washington DC Fun and Recreation page is a great resource for museums and monuments.
	Check out the National Parks in our Nation's Capital.

Vacation Spots:

Niagara Falls:

Niagara Falls is a great place to visit! Over 10 million people visit the spot each year. Do you know who first found the beautiful spot? In this section, we will explain about many interesting facts including how it was formed, where they are located, and the answer to the question above.

Niagara Falls is located south of Lake Erie and north of Lake Ontario. The falls were formed when glaciers enabled water in Lake Erie to flow northward to Lake Ontario. The melting ice flooded Lake Erie and the extra water flowed over the edge of a cliff, joining the two Great Lakes. There was a 99 mile difference between the two lakes. The rapids flow for 7 miles before Goat Island separates the two lakes. Niagara Falls is about 176 feet high and 1,000 feet wide.

Father Louis Hennepin, a European settler, was the first to discover the Falls in 1678. Indians lived on the river/falls Long before settlers did. The name Niagara comes from the Iroquois word meaning strait. Large amounts of Tourists began to visit the Falls after Father Hennepin wrote a book with a description of the falls in it. Almost immediately, people started to build hotels, taverns, and industries along the Falls.

Many changes take place over the last 1,000 years. Rock slides change the falls each year. In 1831, 27,000 metric tons of rock fell into the falls. Many experts from both America and Canada have studied the falls to determine how to stop the erosion. They decided it would be to costly to fix. Though erosion will change the falls, It will always be an awesome sight.

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