Revealed: Stars and Stripes Through the Years
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There is so much to celebrate in our nation’s 250-year history. With so many iconic images and defining moments representing America, it is no wonder some things have gone amiss.
Were you able to find the 27 differences between the puzzle you assembled and the box image?
Stars and Stripes Through the Years Revealed:
Refer to box art below for location of each of these changes.
1. Traces (lines) and pads (circles) representing circuitry board are added to the scene
2. “FREEDOM” appears
3. Mount Rushmore moves here from location #15 and syringe rotates
4. Circuitry board (similar design as #1) replaces the buffalo
5. “Rights” appears here
6. Eagle moves from location #19 and faces the opposite direction
7. Blue circuitry board (similar design) appear here
8. Light bulb is replaced by the Space Shuttle
9. “EQUALITY” appears
10. Blue and red stripes with stars swap locations
11. Martin Luther King Jr. moves to location #20 and becomes slightly larger
12. “JUSTICE” appears
13. “UNITY” appears
14. “HOPE” appears
15. Image of “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” is added to the scene
16. “USA” is added
17. “opportunity” written in a red stripe
18. “LIBERTY” replaces the Lincoln Memorial
19. Eagle is replaced by smoke/vapors from the Space Shuttle
20. Rosie the Riveter from “We Can Do It!” poster moves to location #11
21. Light bulb appears here
22. Theodore Roosevelt replaces George Washington
23. Buffalo moves from location #4, becomes smaller, and changes direction
24. Another circuitry design is added here
25. “ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN” appears
26. George Washington replaces the fireworks
27. One more light blue circuitry design is added here. Each of the circuitry patterns represent the significant technological advancement (locations 1, 4, 7, 24 and 27)
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Can you piece together the Who, When, and Where for each historic event?
| Event | Who | When | Where |
| Declaration of Independence Signed | Continental Congress | July 4, 1776 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| First U.S. President Takes Office | George Washington | April 30, 1789 | New York City, NY |
| “I Have a Dream” Speech | Martin Luther King Jr. | Aug. 28, 1963 | Washington, D.C. (Lincoln Memorial) |
| First Man on the Moon | Neil Armstrong | July 20, 1969 | Moon (Sea of Tranquility) |
| First Personal Computer Introduced | IBM (Model 5150) | Aug. 12, 1981 | Washington, D.C. (Lincoln Memorial) |
| First Airplane Flight | Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright) | Dec. 17, 1903 | Kitty Hawk, North Carolina |
| Statue of Liberty Dedicated | France / U.S. officials | Oct. 28, 1886 | New York Harbor, NY |
| Invention of the Telephone | Alexander Graham Bell | March 10, 1876 | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Women Gain the Right to Vote | U.S. Congress / Suffrage Movement (19th Amendment ratified) | Aug. 18, 1920 * Click here for states and territories that gained rights earlier. |
Washington, D.C. |
| 16th President of the United States | Abraham Lincoln | March 4, 1861 | Washington, D.C. |
| Invention of the Light Bulb | Thomas Edison | Oct. 21, 1879 | Menlo Park, New Jersey |
| First U.S. National Park Established | U.S. Congress | March 1, 1872 | Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming |
| First Successful Polio Vaccine | Jonas Salk | 1955 | University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) |
| The U.S. Constitution Signed | Constitutional Convention Delegates | Sept. 17, 1787 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| First Email Sent | Ray Tomlinson | 1971 | United States (via ARPANET) |
| Mount Rushmore Completed | Sculptor Gutzon Borglum | Oct. 31, 1941 | Black Hills, South Dakota |
| First Super Bowl Played | Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs | Jan. 15, 1967 | Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) |
| Louisiana Purchase Completed | Thomas Jefferson / France | April 30, 1803 | United States (territory acquired from France) |
| Golden Gate Bridge Opens | Engineers Joseph Strauss, Charles Alton Ellis |
May 27, 1937-pedestrians May 28, 1937 - vehicles |
San Francisco, California |
| First American Woman in Space | Sally Ride | June 18, 1983 | Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-7) |
| Completion of the Hoover Dam | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | 1936 | Black Canyon, Nevada/Arizona border |
| Invention of the Alternating Current (AC) Motor | Nikola Tesla | 1888 | New York City, NY |
| 44th President of the United States | Barack Obama | Jan. 20, 2009 | Washington, D.C. |
| Breaking Baseball’s Color Barrier | Jackie Robinson | April 15, 1947 | Brooklyn, New York (Ebbets Field) |
| Catalyst for the Montgomery Bus Boycott | Rosa Parks | Dec. 1, 1955 | Montgomery, Alabama |
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