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Statue of "Big Ole the Viking" in Alexandria, Minnesota, proclaiming the city the "Birthplace of America," based on an assumed authenticity of the Kensington Stone. The Kensington Runestone is a slab of greywacke stone covered in runes that was discovered in Western Minnesota, United States, in 1898.
Pages in category "Statues in Minnesota" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Statue of Christopher Columbus (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
The Statue of Liberty is a trick play in American football ... the New York Giants used a Statue of Liberty play in their 31–24 victory against the Minnesota Vikings.
That among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ~Thomas Jefferson. No free government or the blessings of liberty can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. ~Patrick Henry. Inscriptions added later in 1930s
Minnesota is the 22nd state to have an official soil. [29] 2012 Song "Hail! Minnesota" Between 1904 and 1905, Minnesota's state song was written by two University of Minnesota students; it served as the school's official song until 1945, when it was adopted as state song. [30] The "Minnesota Rouser" eventually replaced it as the university's ...
The Minnesota state gem, the Lake Superior agate, can be found on the shores of Lake Superior, in the streams that run into it, and in gravel pits and road cuts. Duluth's Park Point is an excellent area for hunting, as shorelines and beaches are replenished each year because winter ice and storms push new material up on the shores.
The acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services gave his own version of the famous poem written on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal.
The Progress of the State quadriga at the base of the Minnesota State Capitol dome.. Progress of the State is the title of a group of sculptural figures that sits above the south portico, at the main entrance to the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul, the state capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota.