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American general and statesman (Bridges Creek, Virginia, 1732 - Mount Vernon 1799). In George Washington, the man is hidden behind the myth: the American army commander during the Independence War, the first President of the United States has become some kind of golden legend. Certain stories, frequently fabricated, have made of him a superhero: as a kid he ignored the falsehood; as a youngster, he had a formidable force; in combat, the blows did not reach him; in the army, he manifested a notable sense of duty and the most profound mercy. Greater after he died than when he actually lived, Washington became object of a truly worship: universities, rivers, mountains, counties, streets and avenues, cities (among them, the capital of the country) and towns, without forgetting the state in the Pacific Coast, all of them include his name. For the Americans seeking for a national epic, he's a link: his anniversary is the only national fest that, together with July the 4th, is celebrate

Activity: German physicist who acquired the American nationality in 1940. Birth year: 1879 (Ulm). Death year: 1955 (Princeton). Albert Einstein

Name: Mammoth Cave National Park (United States of America). Location: in the state of Kentucky, 124 miles northeast of Nashville. Area: 50,736 acres. Mammoth Cave National Park

Name: Redwood National and State Parks (United States of America). Location: in the Pacific coast of the North American state of California. Area: 106,037 acres. Redwood National and State Parks

Name: Olympic National Park (United States of America). Location: in the Olympic Peninsula, in northeastern Washington state. Extension: 896,235 acres. Olympic National Park

Name: Kluane National Park & Preserve and Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park & Preserve (Canada and United States of America). Location: northern Yukon, near Wrangell-Saint Elias in south central Alaska. Area: Kluane National Park and Preserve: 2,201,500 has (5,437,705 acres); Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve: 3,382,014 has (8,353,574 acres.) Kluane National Park and Preserve

Name: Carlsbad Caverns National Park (United States of America). Location: In the foothills of Guadalupe Mountains between Rio Grande and Pecos River in southeastern New Mexico. Area: 45,191 acres. Carlsbad's Interior Formations