350 crown-wearing, flag-waving third graders cheered, clapped and counted down to a grand entrance by Libby Liberty™ at Auburn Junior High School Auditorium. Fresh off her Next Great Americans Tour bus, the lady in green brought history to life and introduced students to the 10-week civics, character, financial literacy and social studies program they’ll begin after her bus rolls away.
The Super Citizen experience includes today’s kickoff event, immersive learning and community service projects and will culminate with a graduation celebration that sees students honoring local, everyday heroes from stage.
These crucial lessons are being taught thanks to funding from the Lee County Community Alliance who understand that these lessons must be taught despite school budget cuts. The day ended with a rousing sing-a-long of the tour’s anthem, “YOU in the U.S.A.”
Were you at the event? See the photo gallery below to find yourself, to revisit the magic or watch it unfold for the first time >
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- The Official Libby Liberty™ Selfie!
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- Younwoo & Jourdan lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Assistant Superintendent Wes Gordon greets the students of Ogletree & Wrights Mill Road!
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- Libby Liberty™ makes her entrance to reveal her true name: “Liberty Enlightening the World.”
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- Inman & Braylen help Libby show off her real measurements.
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- Libby’s nose is about the height of the average 5th grader or Harry Potter?!
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- Libby’s finger is 8 feet long, the length of a car.
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- Libby reveals her 879 inch shoe size.
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- The spikes on her crown are about the size of a Great White Shark.
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- Libby’s outer layer is only about as thick as 2 pennies!
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- The letters on her tablet represent the date of American Independence!
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- The chains around her feet are broken to symbolize our freedom from oppression.
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- Mr. Eiffel designed her skeleton!
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- On October 28, 1886 they had a huge celebration to welcome Libby home to America.
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- Libby shares with these Super Citizens about Alabama’s 200th birthday celebrations!
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- Ellis Island is right next to Liberty Island, which is where Libby lives.
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- Imagine coming to America by boat and seeing the lady in green for the first time.
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- “We may have all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now.” – MLK Jr.
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- Libby shares the iconic poem “The New Colossus.”
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- We all hold the most important title!
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- Thank you to our amazing sponsors!
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- 3rd graders from Ogletree & Wrights Mills help Libby lead everyone in our tour anthem.
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- U.S.A.!
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- These students filled the auditorium with their voices as they sang “YOU in the USA.”
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- Only YOU can keep the “U” in the U.S.A.!
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- Ogletree Elementary 3rd graders are excited to pose with Libby Liberty™.
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- The Next Great Americans of Ogletree Elementary!
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- Wrights Mill Road Elementary 3rd graders are excited to pose with Libby Liberty™.
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- The Next Great Americans of Wrights Mill Road Elementary!
