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Aerial view <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Great Serpent Mound in Adams County, Ohio. Carbontests <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> effigy revealed that <strong>the</strong> creators <strong>of</strong> this 1,330-foot monument weremembers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Native-American Fort Ancient Culture (A.D. 1000-1550).The Liberty Bell, inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, anenduring symbol <strong>of</strong> Americanfreedom. First rung on July8, 1776, to celebrate <strong>the</strong>adoption <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Declaration<strong>of</strong> Independence, it crackedin 1836, during <strong>the</strong> funeral <strong>of</strong>John Marshall, Chief J<strong>us</strong>tice<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> U.S. Supreme Court.Two monuments to <strong>the</strong> central role Spain played in <strong>the</strong> exploration <strong>of</strong> what is now<strong>the</strong> <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong>. Top, <strong>the</strong> Castillo de San Marcos, built 1672-1695 to guard St.Aug<strong>us</strong>tine, Florida, <strong>the</strong> first permanent European settlement in <strong>the</strong> continental<strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong>. Above, fountain and mission remains <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> San Juan CapistranoMission, California, one <strong>of</strong> nine missions founded by Spanish Franciscanmissionaries led by Fray Junípero Serra in <strong>the</strong> 1770s. Serra led <strong>the</strong> Spanishcolonization <strong>of</strong> what is today <strong>the</strong> state <strong>of</strong> California.168

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