Many years ago, lumberjacks loved to sit around blazing campfires and tell whoppers, or tall tales. Their favorite tales were stories about the superlumberjack, Paul Bunyan, and his great blue ox,...
ABE LINCOLN EVERYWHERE
> Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. If you and I drew pictures of an airplane, our airplanes wouldn't look the same at all. That's because no two people draw the same thing in the same way. ...
CARVED ON A MOUNTAINSIDE
A giant-sized statue of three men riding horses is carved on the side of Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia. The men were three famous Southern leaders---Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and...
QUEEN FOR AN ERA
> A huge statue in front of Buckingham Palace in London, England, honors > Queen Victoria. Whoever the ruler of England may be, one of the places the ruler lives is Buckingham Palace, which is in...
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
One of the largest statues ever made was built in France. It was shipped across the Atlantic Ocean as a gift to the people of the United States. Most people call it the Statue of Liberty, but that's...
APPLE AND ARROW
> Actors at the William Tell Festival in New Glarus, Wisconsin No one can say for sure if William Tell was a real person, but he is a national hero to the people of Switzerland. They tell the story...
FROM CANNON AND CONCRETE
Once, the people of Chile and Argentina argued about the border between their countries in South America. Later, they agreed to live in peace and had a statue built to remind them of their agreement....
STAY ON THE HORSE
Horses have been so important to people that sometimes when a sculptor makes a statue of a person, the sculptor includes a horse. This kind of statue is called an equestrian statue. The word...
THE GIANT KILLER
Long ago, some people, called the Philistines, had a giant named Goliath in their army. He was so big and fierce that he could frighten almost anyone. But a shepherd boy named David was not afraid of...
CAPTURING THE SEAS
Once a great English sailor, named Horatio Nelson, helped England become the ruler of the seas. During the Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain, Nelson and his fleet won a fight against the...
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