Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about famous landmarks.

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10 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls State Park

Gateway Arch Fact Sheet - National Park Service

The Significance of the Gateway Arch Landscape - National Park Service

Mount Rushmore - Wikipedia

Space Needle Facts

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Department of Defense.

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U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) - USA.gov

United States Department of Defense - Wikipedia

Historic Highlights from the Department of War

⁠U.S. Department of War - About ⁠

⁠⁠Trump Renames DOD to Department of War⁠⁠

ArtI.S8.C16.1 Congress's Power to Organize Militias

What Are the Origins of the US National Guard? - History.com

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the State Department.

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The U.S. Department of State: Background and Selected Issues for the 119th Congress

Little Known Facts About the Department of State

A History of the United States Department of State 1789-1996

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with five facts about the Korean War.

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⁠Korean War ⁠ Eisenhower Presidential Library

Five Korean War 'Firsts' Had Lasting Impacts by David Vergun

The Declare War Clause, Part 7: The Cold War and Korean War - Congress.gov

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about World War I.

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World War I - History.com

7 facts you may not know about World War I - DoD news

10 inventions that owe their success to World War One - BBC

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Office of Management and Budget.

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5 Things You Need to Know About the Federal Budget Process from Pantsuit Politics Podcast

Office of Management and Budget (OMB): An Overview from Congress.gov

Office of Management and Budget from Wikipedia

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Department of Energy.

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A Brief History of the Department of Energy

National Nuclear Security Administration

75 Breakthroughs by America's National Laboratories

Human Genome Project

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Vietnam War.

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The Military Draft During the Vietnam War

What is Agent Orange? - Aspen Institute

Remembering Vietnam: The Story Behind 'The Wall' by Katie Lange

THE VIETNAM WAR from A Kid Explains History YouTube

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about suffrage.

Sources:

Winning the Vote: A History of Voting Rights

Kerber, L. K. (Ed.). (2016). Women's America: Refocusing the past. Oxford University Press.

Native American Voting Rights from the Library of Congress

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about American Sports.

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The lesser-known history of lacrosse, a uniquely American sport - PBS Newshour

1869 Princeton vs. Rutgers football game - Wikipedia

Where Basketball was Invented: The History of Basketball - Springfield College

The Past and The Curious Episode 84 - Walkin (Part Two)

History of Ultimate - World Flying Disc Federation