The American Flag – The Story of the Star Spangled Banner
It’s arguable that TheNational Museum of American History is probably the best museum in the United States for summing up what it is to be American.
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North America
Coffee- an American Story
Coffee has played a key role in the American story . From independence to to the civil war , where it was a rationed pick me up for weary soldiers , to the assembly lines of World War 2 where the “coffee break” was introduced, the coffee bean has always been at the centre of American social inter course.
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Blood and Iron: The Building of America’s Transcontinental Railroad
Abraham Lincoln signed the act to build the Transcontinental Railroad in 1862 believing it was crucial to the unification of the country.It also gave the Union forces a distinct advantage over the Confederates of the South slowing them to ship and deploy troops and supplies much faster and more efficiently.
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Outlaws: America’s Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow – most commonly known as ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ –, were America’s most famous outlaw couple in the 1930s, robbing banks and small businesses.
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Great Artists- Mark Rothko
Mark Rothko was an American abstract impressionist like Jackson Pollock and regarded pop artists like Andy Warhol as “charlatans and young opportunists”
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