American Symbols

• 50 stars = 50 states

• 13 stripes = 13 original colonies

• Red = courage

• White = making good choices

• Blue = fairness

​Stands for the whole country

• Strong

• Brave

• Freedom

• Friendship

• Hope for a better life

• Freedom

• Welcomes people from all over the world

• Honors George Washington

• 1st President

• Honors Abraham Lincoln

• 16th President

• He said all people should be free

• Where the President lives and works

• Means "to tell everyone about freedom"

• Rang on George Washington's birthday

• Freedom

• Laws are made there

• Honors 4 Presidents

  • George Washington

  • Thomas Jeffereson

  • Theodore Roosevelt

  • Abraham Lincoln

• Birth, growth, development, & preservation of the United States