USA
- Capital: Washington D.C
- Population: 318,110,000 (2013 est) Ranked 3rd in the World
- Nicknames: Uncle Sam; Land of the free; The new world; The Melting pot; Home of the Brave
- Highest point: Mount McKinley, 20,320 ft (Alaska)
- State motto: In God we trust; One from many
- State song: The Star Spangled Banner
- State tree: Oak
- State flower: Rose
- State bird: The American bald eagle
- Area: 3,794,101 sq mi. Ranked 3/4th in the World
Did you know……...
1) Venus Fly Traps only live in the wild in the Carolinas and nowhere else in the world.
2) The original bell, now referred to as the Liberty bell, was cast in London and came to this shore in 1752. It cracked a month later and was recast twice. The time and place of the current crack is actually unknown.
3) Iced tea was first served at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. A British
businessman wanted to increase tea sales in America.
4) The first holiday celebrated nation wide in the U.S. was the 100th anniversary of
George Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1889.
5) The Missouri River is 2,466 miles long and the Mississippi River is 2,348 miles. The Missouri is not continuous. The Mississippi should be referred to as the longest continuous river.
6) The oldest city in the U.S. is Santa Fe founded in 1610.
7) July 4, 1776, is the "official" date when our country was born, but
actually was not one country until 1788. (I'll let you find out why!)
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast, Damian from Winter Foxes has created and updates a list of cachers who has found 10 or more little bridges and can be found here, if you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan hereand he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xx then name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to Damian’s list.