A fact card about the United States: National Bird - Bald Eagle National Anthem - The Star-Spangled Banner National Flower - Rose National Language - English (side note from me: English is not the official language of the United States - they do not have an official language) Bordering Countries - Canada, Mexico Independence Day - 4 July 1776 Capital - Washington DC Population - 319 000 000 Territory - 3 805 927 square miles (9 857 205.68 square kilometers) First President - George Washington Largest State - Alaska Smallest State - Rhode Island Largest City - New York City The sender comes from the small town of Boones Mill, population 259 (2020). It was named after Jacob Boon, who operated a mill in the town. In 1927, Boones Mill was incorporated. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

Another great photograph, this time of Jefferson Market Court in Manhattan. It was taken by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991). Abbott was an American photographer known for her portraits of cultural figures of the interwar period (1918-1939), New York City photographs of architecture and urban design of the 1930s, and science interpretation of between the 1940s-1960s. This particular photograph is a part of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The Jefferson Market Court still stands today, but is now known as the Jefferson Market Branch of the New York City Library. It is found at 425 Avenue of the Americas in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. The building faced demolition in 1958, but public outcry led to its reuse as a branch of the library. It is found on the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission's Greenwich Village History District, the National Reigister of Historic Places (1972), and the National Historic Landmark list (1977). The building is de...

The sender bought this card while on a trip to Arizona back in December 2022. The photo is from Taliesin West and is the international headquarters for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and the School of Architecture at Taliesin. Taliesin West in located within Scottsdale, Arizona.  Frank Lloyd Wright bought the land in 1937, paying $3.50/acre on a slope overlooking Paradise Valley outside of Scottsdale. He began coming to Arizona in 1935 on the advice of his doctor to get away from the harsh Wisconsin winters. Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship established a place of residence, a place of business, and a place of learning here.  Local resources and natural light play a large part in the design of the structure. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1982.