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Donald Trump is the 45th President of the USA The family name “Trump" is translated as “A trump card". Donald i s always very proud of such a cool name. Trump took part in the shooting of more than 100 films. Trump became the oldest President in the history of the United States, elected at the age of 70 years old. Trump is the author of 16 books.

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In 2006, he won a Grammy award in the category " best album of the conversational genre» . The plant “lichen” was named in his honor. As a teenager he worked at an ice-cream shop! He got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2009. Barack Obama was the 44th President of the United States

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John Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States Kennedy became the youngest President in US history (43 years old) and he was also the youngest to die. He was the first Catholic to settle in the White house. He was the first to install, secretly, a recording system in the White house. Kennedy donated all his salary to charity.

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Franklin Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States He served the longest in the history of the USA: 12 years,1month,8 days. Franklin Roosevelt collected stamps from different countries, he never gave up his hobby. During the first eleven days of his presidency, Roosevelt passed more laws to Congress than his predecessors in the previous 70 years.

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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States Every member of the Roosevelt family had his own stilts and everyone, including the first lady, knew how to walk on them. One day while hunting he refused to kill a bear with a cub. After that, a new toy – Teddy bear - named after Theodor Roosevelt- appeared in shops.

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James Garfield was the 20th President of the United States The first of the American presidents held his election campaign in two languages — English and Spanish. He was the first President of the United States, who spoke on the phone. He could write Latin with one hand and Greek with another.

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Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States Before becoming President of the United States, Lincoln had lost 18 different elections. He had a great sense of humor. They said, Lincoln was very superstitious. He held contacts to communicate with his dead children.

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Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States Invented a device which calculates steps. He is the author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Human R ights. The building where Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, is now a diner. He was an architect and he designed his own house.

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George Washington was the first President of the US А George Washington personally chose the place where the White House was built, but did not live in it. He is the only President of the United States, who wasn’t a member of any political party. It is George Washington whose portrait is on a dollar bill.

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Honoring the presidents in America

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Mou nt Rushmore, the world's famous rock of presidents and the main tourist attraction in the Black Hills forest is the unfinished National Memorial in the state of South Dakota, USA. It is known for the fact that on one side of it , the presidents are seen in the rock - a gigantic 18-meter high monument is displayed representing the faces of the four presidents of the States: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.

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Mount Rushmore

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The sculptor of the monument is Gutzon Borglum. As he said , these people were chosen because "their names are associated with the foundation, growth, preservation and development of the United States of America." George Washington was chosen because he led the nation to democracy, Thomas Jefferson - because he created the Declaration of Independence, Abraham Lincoln - because he put an end to slavery in the US, and Theodore Roosevelt, who was chosen by Borglum himself - contributed to the construction of the Panama Canal, as well as the protection of the state and business.

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When creating the monument, his architect Borglum wanted to make a large hall on the other side that would serve as the main room where all important documents in American history would be preserved. He thought that adding such important documents as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution would make the outstanding monument even more significant.

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Unfortunately , , he had difficulties due to lack of money and necessary space, and he died in 1941, leaving the work unfinished. T he room was completed many years after his death. The entrance to the room is blocked by a granite slab weighing half a ton, so tourists can’t enter the mystery room.

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The George Washington memorial is one of the world's most famous monuments to political leaders. The inspiration for its shape was an Egyptian symbol of stability and creative power. 169-meter-high monument is one of the tallest stone structures in the world.

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Interesting about the Washington Memorial Before the construction of the Eiffel tower, the Washington monument was the tallest structure in the world. During the construction for a long time it looked so nondescript that the young journalist Mark Twain wrote: "it resembles a factory pipe with a barn at the base, where tired pigs sleep.“ Around the Memorial there are 50 flags of the United States.

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The eternal flame at the grave of John F. Kennedy at Arlington national cemetery is a memorial to President Kennedy. The President and his friend visited the slope just a few months before his death in November 1963. He liked a quiet atmosphere of this place. The eternal flame was lit at the request of the widow, Jacqueline Kennedy. It was she who chose for him a place available to the public.

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In conclusion, we would like to tell, that the USA is a country of great and rich history. -Who makes history of any country? -People, who do the best for their country, who become outstanding for its citizens.