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Slide 1: AMERICAN LANDSCAPES: A FOURTH OF JULY TRIBUTE On the Fourth of July, Americans celebrate both the founding of our nation and the beauty and variety of our land and its bounty. From the cities, rivers, and fields by the Atlantic Ocean to the states bordered by the Pacific -- and on to Alaska and Hawaii -there are scenic wonders to swell every American’s heart with pride. The celebration begins with that beloved incarnation of the American spirit: the Statue of Liberty in New York. Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor (© Photospin).
Slide 2: The glamour of it all! New York! -- Charlie Chaplin, actor New York, New York Filming fireworks over the Statue of Liberty (© AP Images/Ron Frehm).
Slide 3: New York, New York L skaters at R eft, ockefeller C enter, N Y C (© A P ew ork ity P hoto/E B d ailey). R the Empire State Building, in foreground, and the Chrysler Building dominate the ight, midtown Manhattan skyline (© Ambient Images Inc. / Alamy).
Slide 4: Harrison, Maine Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. -- Elizabeth Lawrence, writer and gardener Fall foliage in H arrison, M (© AP Images/Portland Press Herald, Herb Swanson). aine
Slide 5: Waynesboro, Pennsylvania Fall foliage in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania (© AP Images/Hagerstown Herald-Mail, Ric Dugan).
Slide 6: If ever the spirit of liberty should vanish from the rest of the Union, it could be restored by the generous share held by the people in this brave little State of Vermont. -- Calvin Coolidge, U.S. President, 1923-29 E lmore, V ermont L winter in C eft, alais, V ermont. R Town H meeting, E ight, all lmore, V ermont (Both, © AP Images/Toby Talbot).
Slide 7: The freedom and happiness of man ... [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government. -- Thomas Jefferson, U.S. President, 1801-1809 W ashington, D . .C L baseball O eft, pening D ceremonies, W ay ashington, D . (P .C hoto by Tim B rown). R Thomas J ight, efferson M emorial and cherry blossoms, W ashington, D . (© B .C ruce D orrier/S uperstock).
Slide 8: "I'm going back to dignity and grace. I'm going back to Charleston, where I belong." -- Rhett Butler, character in “Gone With the Wind” C harleston, S outh C arolina From left to right: C olonial-era houses in C harleston (© D amir Frkovic/M asterfile); houses on E B ast attery, part of C harleston’s H istoric D istrict (© J A on rnold Images/Superstock); traditional handicrafts in South C arolina (N ational Geographic/S uperstock).
Slide 9: There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. -- Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist Florida E verglades Agreat egret in the Florida E verglades (© P J eter ohannes/R avenwood Studios).
Slide 10: Florida E verglades L former tribal chairman B eft, uffalo Tiger drives his airboat through the Florida E verglades near the M iccosukee Indian R eservation. R an alligator swims through ight, an E verglades wildlife refuge (B © A Images/J P C oth P . at arter).
Slide 11: Butcher, tool maker, stacker of wheat, player with railroads and freight handler to the nation. -- Carl Sandburg, poet C hicago, Illinois C hicago, Illinois, at dusk (© R obert Frerck and O dyssey P roductions, Inc.).
Slide 12: C hicago, Illinois Chicago is proud of its many ethnic heritages. From left, dancers at a Polish Heritage Festival; Chinese-Americans celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival (both, © 2007 Russell Gordon and Odyssey Productions, Inc.); butchers display German delicacies; everyone is Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day (both, © Robert Frerck and Odyssey Productions, Inc.).
Slide 13: When I find a well-drawn character in fiction or biography I generally take a warm personal interest in him, for the reason that I have known him before -- met him on the river. -- Mark Twain, writer and wit Itasca State P M ark, innesota Northern Minnesota’s Itasca State Park, where the Mississippi River begins its 4,107-kilometer journey to the Gulf of Mexico (Greg Ryan/Sally Beyer).
Slide 14: SL M t. ouis, issouri Left, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri (© SuperStock); right, Hernando de Soto Bridge over the Mississippi River connects cities in Tennessee and Arkansas (ThinkStock/SuperStock).
Slide 15: NO ew rleans, L ouisiana Atanker ship on the M ississippi R glides past N O iver ew rleans, L ouisiana (© A Images/D J P P avid . hillip).
Slide 16: The farmers … are the founders of human civilization. -- Daniel Webster, statesman and orator W hitman C ounty, W ashington Farm and buildings in W hitman C ounty, W ashington (Terry D onnelly).
Slide 17: M innesota Indiana C lockwise from upper left, soybeans in Indiana, wheat fields in M innesota, corn plants in M innesota (all © age fotostock/S uperS tock).
Slide 18: Beauty in nature nourishes us and brings joy to the human spirit. -- Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady, 1963-69 Texas W yoming The state flower of Texas, the bluebonnet, blooms under an oak with another wildflower, the paintbrush (© Adam Jones/Danita Delimont); right, elk graze in Y ellowstone N ational P (© A Images/ K ark P evork D jansezian).
Slide 19: A rizona Sunset over the Grand Canyon (Photo by Tim Brown).
Slide 20: N avajo N ation Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Navajo Nation, which straddles parts of Arizona and Utah. (Photo by Tim Brown).
Slide 21: NM ew exico, A rizona, U tah Top left, adobe house in New Mexico (Stockxpert); above left, rodeo competition in Arizona (© David H. Wells and Odyssey Productions, Inc.); center, Apache father and son in Arizona (© Jose Galvez/Photo Edit); right, barn in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah (Stockxpert).
Slide 22: California dreamin’ … -- Mamas and the Papas, ‘60s vocal group San Francisco, California The Golden Gate Bridge frames the San Francisco, California, skyline (Comstock).
Slide 23: San Francisco, California Clockwise from above, holiday banners in San Francisco’s Chinatown (© AP Images/E R ric isberg); beach near San D (© A iego P Images/Lenny Ignelzi); grapevines in Napa Valley (© 2007 Michael Melford).
Slide 24: Beauty is not caused. It is. -- Emily Dickinson, poet Oahu, Hawaii Surfing off Oahu, Hawaii (Mark Johnson/Mira.com).
Slide 25: Portage Lake, Alaska Northern Lights over Portage Lake and Chugach Mountains, Alaska (Alaska Stock Images).
Slide 26: Beauty is not caused. It is. -- Emily Dickinson, poet Portage Lake, Alaska Northern Lights over Portage Lake and Chugach Mountains, Alaska. (Alaska Stock Images)
Slide 27: AMERICAN LANDSCAPES: A FOURTH OF JULY TRIBUTE Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State (http://usinfo.state.gov) Executive Editor: George Clack; Managing Editor: Mildred Solá Neely; Art Director/Design: Tim Brown; Reference Specialist: Anita N. Green