High Five America

Episode 20: Famous Landmarks

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about famous landmarks. Sources: 10 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls State Park [https://www.niagarafallsusa.com/the-source/10-fun-facts-about-niagara-falls-usa/] Gateway Arch Fact Sheet [https://www.nps.gov/jeff/planyourvisit/gateway-arch-fact-sheet.htm] - National Park Service The Significance of the Gateway Arch Landscape [https://www.nps.gov/jeff/planyourvisit/the-significance-of-the-gateway-arch-landscape.htm] - National Park Service Mount Rushmore [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore ] - Wikipedia Space Needle Facts [https://www.spaceneedle.com/facts-1]

Episode 19: The Department of Defense

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Department of Defense. Sources: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) [https://www.usa.gov/agencies/u-s-department-of-defense] - USA.gov United States Department of Defense [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense] - Wikipedia Historic Highlights from the Department of War [https://www.war.gov/Multimedia/Experience/Historic-Highlights-from-the-Department-of-War/] ⁠U.S. Department of War - About ⁠ [https://www.war.gov/About/] ⁠⁠Trump Renames DOD to Department of War⁠⁠ [https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4295826/trump-renames-dod-to-department-of-war/] ArtI.S8.C16.1 Congress's Power to Organize Militias [https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artI-S8-C16-1/ALDE_00013673/] What Are the Origins of the US National Guard? [https://www.history.com/articles/us-national-guard] - History.com

Episode 18: The State Department

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the State Department. Sources: The U.S. Department of State: Background and Selected Issues for the 119th Congress [https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12044] Little Known Facts About the Department of State [https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/d/rm/rls/perfrpt/2003/html/28944.htm] A History of the United States Department of State 1789-1996 [https://1997-2001.state.gov/about_state/history/dephis.html]

Episode 17: Korean War

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with five facts about the Korean War. Resources: ⁠Korean War ⁠ [https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/korean-war] Eisenhower Presidential Library Five Korean War 'Firsts' Had Lasting Impacts [https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/article/3483261/five-korean-war-firsts-had-lasting-impacts/] by David Vergun The Declare War Clause, Part 7: The Cold War and Korean War [https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11236] - Congress.gov

Episode 16: World War I

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about World War I. References: World War I [https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-i-history] - History.com 7 facts you may not know about World War I [https://www.army.mil/article/185586/7_facts_you_may_not_know_about_world_war_i] - DoD news 10 inventions that owe their success to World War One [https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26935867] - BBC