Interesting facts about the

historical sights of the USA

The Pentagon is the largest office
building in the world! It is also distinguished
from others by its pentagonal shape and special
movement schemes. If necessary, you can get
from any point to another in 7 minutes, while 2
floors out of 7 are also below ground level.
The Statue of Liberty was presented to
America by France in 1884. The Statue of
Liberty holds a torch in her right hand. On
the left, there is a plate with the date "July 4,
1776". It was on this day that the US
Declaration of Independence was signed.
The Statue of Liberty has a crown on its
head. It has 7 rays that symbolize 7
continents and the same number of seas.
Mount Rushmore
A mountain on the slope of which the
eighteen-meter heads of four US presidents
are carved: George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham
Lincoln. Work on the creation of figures was
carried out from 1927 to 1941 under the
direction of the sculptor Gatzon Borglum.
Stone cutting took place in series of micro-
explosions, and 400 masters with
jackhammers completed the work
The White House has 6 floors, 132 rooms.
Until the 26th president of the USA, Theodore
Roosevelt, the building was not called the "White
House", but the "Presidential Palace". The new
president gets full access to three White House
warehouses. They store paintings, gold, crystal,
carpets, furniture collections. the president has the
right to choose whatever he likes to decorate the White
House to his taste. One of the traditions of the White
House is connected with the Oval Office: the new
president changes the carpet there to his liking.
Alcatraz is a small island in the San Francisco Bay, which in the past served as a military fort and
prison, and nowadays has turned into the most popular museum in California. This place became
famous for the fact that famous and especially dangerous criminals were kept here, among whom
was the legendary gangster Al Capone. In the entire history of Alcatraz, not a single successful
escape was made from here - a perfect security system and natural isolation by the stormy waters of
the bay left no chance for escapees