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Page 1: Monuments of america

By Joe Lanigan

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The statue of liberty was a gift given to us by the French to celebrate are friendship.It was also made to celebrate the declaration of independence.Frederie Auguste Barholdi was assigned to design it.They started to build the statue ofLiberty in 1875.The statue of liberty is in New York city.

Statue of Liberty

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The Erie Canal is famous for its song and poetry.The building of the canal started in 1808 and ended in 1825.The Erie Canal linked the Hudson River and the Hudson River.People started to call it the eighth wonder of the world. It used to be called Clintons Big Ditch when it had no waterThe canal is about 4 feet deep.The Erie canal passes through Spencerport

Erie Canal

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A war memorial is made to remember a victory of a war.The second reasons is to honor the people who died.There are many different war memorials but here are some of them Arc de Triomphe and Nelson's Column.For the big wars there are many different memorials.

War memorials

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Mary Jemison was born in 1743 and died in 1833.Mary Jemison was a American Frontierswoman.Mary Jemison was captured by the native American Seneca tribe when she was a teenager.She use to live in Marsh creek witch is now Adams town Pennsylvania.Her full name is Lornell Mary Jemison.There are many different monuments of her but here is two one is in Letch worth state park and one is in Butch man valley.

Mary Jemison

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