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This document summarizes unusual monuments from the United States, including: - The Statue of Liberty, gifted to the US in 1876 by France to symbolize freedom and democracy. - Monuments to fast food and hamburgers, showing how proud Americans are of their fast food culture. - A monument to a workaholic in Los Angeles, showing the character of hard work in American culture. - A monument called "The Crocodile Eating the Capitalist" in Brooklyn expressing criticism of those obsessed with money. - Monuments depicting American children's curiosity, such as a boy licking a metal pole in cold weather. - A huge column in Santa Rosa made of 340 recycled
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The document summarizes the story of the author's great-grandfather Alexandr Ivanovich Toropov and his heroic actions during World War II. Alexandr was born in 1900 and graduated from an educational institute in Yaroslavl in 1937. During the war, he served in the 7th artillery division and participated in major battles, showing fearless leadership. For his valor, he received the Order of Red Star and the Medal "For Military Merit". Alexandr died in 1957. The author notes that heroes like their great-grandfather sacrificed their lives to stop the destructions of war and save their country, not for glory or ideology but for peace and love of their people and future generations.
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- 1. Unusual U Surprising monuments of the S Astonishing A Made by the Record Team (Vashakidze Y., Artemyeva N. Ovchinnikov G., Varzanov D. Akimova E.I.) School № 1 Alexandrov 2014
- 2. What momument do you imagine when you thing of the USA? Of course it’s the Statue of Liberty Everyone knows this monument, but very few people know that this symbol of America was built by the French sculpturer August Bartoldy, and it was gifted to America in 1876 More information http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_- _Liberty_Island_-_05.JPG?uselang=ru
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