The document summarizes several American icons: the American flag with its 50 stars and 13 stripes representing the states and original colonies; George Washington as the first president and commander of the Continental Army celebrated on February 22nd; Abraham Lincoln as the 16th president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation and is remembered on coins and bills; the bald eagle as the national bird symbolizing courage and strength; the Liberty Bell that was rung to proclaim independence in 1776; the Statue of Liberty gifted by France in 1886 to welcome immigrants; and Independence Day on July 4th commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.