The document provides information about the United States, including its largest cities, popular sports, famous landmarks, art museums, holidays, national parks, foods, and the city of Wilmington, North Carolina. It notes that the US became independent in 1776, lists New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago as the largest cities, and American football as the most popular sport. It also summarizes some of the art, monuments, and parks mentioned in the document like the Statue of Liberty, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Yellowstone National Park.

1. Wilmington North Carolina United States

2. United States

3. Became a country on July 4 th , 1776 2010 population: 308.745.101 Largest cities: New York City, New York Los Angeles, California Chicago, Illinois Capital: Washington, District of Columbia Most popular Sport: American Football

4. New York City

5. Times Square

6. Central Park

7. Statue of Liberty

8. Art in the United States Metropolitan Museum of Art More than 190.000 m2 of art Contains art from Ancient Egypt, Europe, South America, Asia, Middle East and United States 12.000 pieces of Islamic art, including many pieces from Spain

9. Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emmanuel Leutze 10 th Century Islamic art from Córdoba

10. Andy Warhol Painter, printmaker and filmmaker Principle figure of the Pop Art movement in the 1960’s

11. Andy Warhol Andy Warhol made art using famous American icons.

12. Guggenheim NYC, Bilbao

13. Broadway 40 professional theaters considered to be the highest quality of all English speaking countries

14. Popular shows include the Lion King and Beauty and the Beast.

15. The Lion King

16. Los Angeles

17. Hannah Montana Hannah Montana is filmed in Tribune Studios, Hollywood, CA

18. Santa Monica

19. Baseball

20. Washington, DC The White House

21. United States Capitol Building

22. American Holidays Memorial Day (last Monday in May)

23. Independence Day (July 4 th ) Fireworks in Washington, DC. Fireworks at the Statue of Liberty.

24. Labor Day (first Monday in September) Americans go to the beach for Labor Day. Families have a barbecue for Labor Day.

25. Halloween

26. Thanksgiving Macy’s Day Parade

27. National Parks The National Park system includes monuments, parks, buildings and natural wonders. Each year over 275 million people visit places within the National Park system. National Parks include over 340.000 km2 of land Famous National Parks include: Yellowstone Grand Teton National Park Redwood National Park Grand Canyon

28. Yellowstone buffalo Geyser, named Old Faithful

29. Grand Tetons

30. Redwood National Forest

31. Grand Canyon National Park

32. American Food Fried chicken with mashed and gravy Apple pie with vanilla ice cream

33. American Sports Football stadium American football, or football

34. North Carolina Wilmington

35. Wilmington, NC Located on a peninsula between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean Founded in 1739 population: 101.350

37. Winter in Wilmington

38. Christmas in Wilmington

39. Spring in Wilmington

40. Summer

41. Autumn