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Iconic America
Could Hollywood Be Successful Again?
Throughout the '60s, Hollywood was losing its financial infrastructure and its audience, and undergoing a major identity crisis. But much to everyone's surprise, a once-popular genre started to regain popularity, and helped save the industry.
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The Golden Gate bridge is an engineering marvel that symbolizes America’s can-do spirit.
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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 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.
