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        Iconic America
            Bridging Times: An Icon of American Innovation
"We, as Americans, have the power, and the ability, and the talent to create marvels in this world and the ingenuity to do it. So, I think about, what's the Golden Gate Bridge of the future? What new technology or new ways of seeing, or doing, or being can help us advance from one place to the next?" - Katherine Toy, Deputy Secretary for Access at California Natural Resources Agency.
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            The Golden Gate bridge is an engineering marvel that symbolizes America’s can-do spirit.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            As the nation wrestles with its past, the fate of Stone Mountain stands in question.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            The story of how the Bald Eagle soared to its vaunted perch in American iconography.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            A look at The Statue of Liberty's evolving meaning as symbol for a “nation of immigrants."
        
        
     
    
                            
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            The cowboy is the quintessential American — fiercely independent, brave and laconic.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            The Gadsden flag has been co-opted by a wide variety of Americans over its long history.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            A look at the L.A. landmark that became an international symbol of the American dream.
        
        
     
    
                            
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            No ballpark is more iconic than Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox
        
        
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    