America the Beautiful

The United States of America is our home country and the beginning of our Around the World Adventures. Here is a map of the United States showing our fifty states:

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Betsy Ross designed a beautiful flag for our nation. Her flag had thirteen stars - one for each of the colonies. It looked like this:

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Today our flag has the stars arranged in rows. There is a star for each state. Our flag still has thirteen stripes symbolizing the original thirteen colonies.

 

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