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s0280l-GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO born 1696, painter, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Battista_Tiepolo
s0280g-VOLTAIRE born Francois Marie Arouet 11/21/1694-5/30/1778 in Paris, France, was a French Enlightenment writer, essayist, deist and philosopher known for his wit, and defense of civil liberties, including freedom of religion and the right to a fair trial, writings; Œdipe (1718), Zaire (1732), Lettres philosophiques sur les Anglais 1733 revised as Letters on the English (circa 1778), Le Mondain (1736), Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme (1738), Zadig (1747), Micromegas (1752), L'Orphelin de la Chine (1755), Candide (1758), Dictionnaire philosophique (1764), L'Ingenu (1767), La Princesse de Babylone (1768), Epitre a l'Auteur du Livre des Trois Imposteurs (Letter to the author of The Three Impostors) (1770), Plays; Œdipe 1718, Eriphile (1732), Irene, Mahomet, Merope, Nanine, Zaire (1732), Historical; History of Charles XII, King of Sweden (1731), The Age of Louis XIV (1752), The Age of Louis XV (1746 - 1752), Annals of the Empire - Charlemagne, A.D. 742 - Henry VII 1313, Vol. I (1754), Annals of the Empire - Louis of Bavaria, 1315 to Ferdinand II 1631 Vol. II (1754), History of the Russian Empire Under Peter the Great (Vol. I 1759; Vol. II 1763), at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire
s0281l-Benjamin FRANKLIN born 1/1706 in Boston, Ma. Leading author, scientist, inventor. Invented lightning rod, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin
s0282l-FRANCESCO LAZZARI GUARDI born 1712, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Guardi
s0283l-Nicholas Cugnot born 1725 in France claimed to build the 1st automobile, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot
s0284l-George WASHINGTON born 2/22/1732, in Westmoreland Co, Va., 1st Pres. 1789-97, Federalist, 1st lady Martha, V.P. John Adams, Revolutionary War hero, Commander in Chief Continental Army, everyone's choice to become the nation's 1st president, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington s0284n-AMERICAN SYMBOLS-
s0284na-Flag, the Betsy Ross flag with 13 stars was used as the official flag of the United States from June 14, 1777 to May 1, 1795, Old Glory was presented to William Driver a sea Captain by his mother and had 24 stars,
s0284nb-Bald Eagle, national bird and symbol of the United States of America.
s0284nc-Statue of Liberty presented to United States by France in 1886, at Liberty Island, in New York Harbor, copper clad
s0284nd-White House
s0284ne-Mount Rushmore began 1927 and finished 1941, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore
s0284nf-Lincoln Memorial 5/30/1922, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial
s0284ng-WASHINGTON MONUMENT 1/31/1848, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument
s0284nh-Jefferson Memorial 4/13/1943, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Memorial
s0284ni-Liberty Bell 1752, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell
s0285l-Daniel Boone born 1734-1820 Pa., by Chester Harding, pioneer, hunter, and folk hero, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone
s0286l-JOHN ADAMS born 10/30/1735, in Braintree Ma., 2nd Pres. 1797-01, Federalist, 1st lady Abigail, V.P. Thomas Jefferson, tried to keep the office apolitical, as war heated up in Europe tried to stay neutral, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams
s0287l-Paul REVERE born 1735-1718 Ma., by John Copley, Midnight Ride said the regulars are coming, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere
s0288l-John HANCOCK born 1/12/1737-1793 Ma., was 1st to sign Declaration of Independence, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock
s0289l-THOMAS PAINE born 1/29/1737 in Thetford, Norfolk, England, writings; ' The Case of the Officers of Excise' 1772, 'Common Sense' 1776, The Age of Reason' 1793, was instrumental in 'The Declaration of Independence' and naming The United States of America, 'The Crisis' 1776, 'Rights of Man' 1791, 'Agrarian Justice' 1795-96, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine
s0290l-Thomas JEFFERSON born April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Va., 3rd Pres. 1801-09, Democratic-Republican, 1st lady Martha 'Patsy', V.P.'s Aaron Burr & George Clinton, Author of the Declaration of Independence, Father of the University of Virginia, authorized the Louisiana, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson