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The Statue Of Liberty The statue of liberty is 93 metres high. It represents a woman holding a torch in her right hand, in her left hand she holds a tablet bearing the adoption date of the Declaration of Independence.

In 1956 Bedloe’s Island was renamed Liberty Island. A French historian, Edouard de Laboulaye, made the proposal for the statue. Funds were contributed by the French people and work began in France in 1875.

Over the years the torch had undergone a few adjustments, including its transformation to electric power in 1916 and its redesign in the 1980s,when the statue was renovated and restored by both American and French workers for a centennial (100 th anniversary or its celebration) held in July 1986

American football Is when two opposing teams try to score points by moving an inflated oval or round ball past a goal line or into a goal.

The sport attracts a total of 40 million spectators and is watched by many more millions on television each year.

Football Most of the modern forms of football are from ancient Greece and Rome. Some of these survive today in Tuscany and Florence under the name calcio. Football remained popular until the early 19 th century. Different forms of the game developed such as rugby.

Twin towers On 9/11 01 America suffered its most deadly terrorist attack FACTS Each tower had 110 floors windows and 97 elevators

FACTS The first tower to be destroyed was at 8:46am and that was the north tower and the south at 9:03 am by terrorist who flew 2 commercial airliners straight into the towers and killed 2750 people It took a year to uncover most of the bodies

CENTRAL PARK Central park covers 843 acres, extending from Central Park West to fifth Avenue, and 59 th to 110 th streets. It gets about 25 million visitors each year. The park itself is made up of woodland, seven bodies of water and lawns. It’s rock outcrops are 450 million years old. Central park covers 843 acres, extending from Central Park West to fifth Avenue, and 59 th to 110 th streets. It gets about 25 million visitors each year. The park itself is made up of woodland, seven bodies of water and lawns. Its rock outcrops are 450 million years old.

BIRD CONSERVATION IN STATE PARKS The bird Consevervation Area Program, BCA for short, is modelled after the National Audubon Society ‘s Important bird Area Program. It was signed into law in 1997, and is designed to provide an understanding of conserving birds and their habitats. Parks have importance to large numbers of pelagic seabirds, wading birds, waterfowl, shoe birds, migratory birds and is significant as a bird research site. At the present, 59 BCAs have been designated, 25 of them are associated with State Parks. State parks offer rich natural habitats for interesting and unique birds. Over 300 species of birds live there. Rockefeller State Park Preserve, is home to 180 recorded species of birds.

BIODIVERSITY The findings from a six- years project to gather info on the parks biodiversity were important. The historic sites and parks have over 900 occurrences of 358 rare species and natural community types. Seven of these have only one known occurrence in the entire state. Endangered Chittenango ovate amber snail is found only in one state park in New York ! Examples of New York's biodiversity include the old growth hemlock Northern hardwood forests in Allegany State Park in the West of New York. The short eared owls at Gilgo Beach State Park on Long Island and the carnivorous Butterwort plant at Taughannock Falls State Park in the Tinger Lakes. Historic sites and parks provide a habitat for many plants and animals across the Empire State. Wetland are often home to a plant and animal biodiversity. They clean water of pollutants and mitigate flooding.

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