50 STATES IN THE USA

VISITING NEW YORK

NEW YORK STATECAPITAL: ALBANY

New York is the most populous city in the

United States and the center of the New York

Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous urban

agglomerations in the world.

NEW YORK CITY

THIS IS ALBANY, CAPITAL OF NEW YORK STATE

FLAG OF NEW YORK STATEThe word excelsior means “sempre no topo”

“sempre acima”

STATE FLOWER

The rose was designated official state flower of New York in 1955.

The five boroughs

Manhattan

Queens

The Bronx

The Staten Island

The Brooklin

Historic areasIN

NEW YORK STATE

Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886

The Empire State Building is a

skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of

Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street.

The tallest building in New

York City and New York State.

CENTRAL PARK

Central Park is located in New York City, in the heart of Manhattan. It is a national historical landmark that draws in nearly 38 million visitors from all over the world every year.

TWIN TOWERSThe World Trade Center is a complex of buildings under construction in New York, The original World Trade Center featured landmark twin towers, which opened on April 4, 1973 and were destroyed in the September 11 attacks of 2001,

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda-affiliated hijackers flew two Boeing 767 jets into the complex, one into each tower, in a coordinated terrorist attack. After burning for 56 minutes, the South Tower collapsed, followed a half-hour later by the North Tower. The attacks on the World Trade Center killed 2,753 people.

MEMORIAL 11/9Honoring the lives of those who were lost is at the heart of our mission. Occupying eight of the 16 acres at the World Trade Center, the Memorial is a tribute to the past and a place of hope for the future.

The names of every person who died in the terrorist attacks of February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001 are inscribed in bronze around the twin memorial pools.

BROOKLYN BRIDGE

The Brooklyn Bridge is a bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States.

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURALHISTORY

is one of the largest and most celebrated museum in the world.The museum collections contain over 32 billion specimens of plants, humans, animals, fossils, minerals, rocks, meteorites, and human cultural artifacts.

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