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Across
  1. 2. / Special day of celebration or remembrance
  2. 4. / Author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. president
  3. 6. / Name of our nation, also known as the United States
  4. 8. / Lincoln's proclamation that declared slaves in rebel states to be free
  5. 11. / Ability to guide and direct others
  6. 13. / War for American independence from Britain
  7. 14. / Study of past events
  8. 17. / President who led the nation during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  9. 18. / Young Washington supposedly chopped it down and couldn't tell a lie about it
  10. 19. / Site of famous Civil War battle and Lincoln's address
  11. 22. / First president of the United States and commander of the Continental Army
  12. 23. / Supreme law of the United States, written in 1787
  13. 25. / Way citizens choose their representatives
  14. 26. / Month when Presidents' Day is celebrated
Down
  1. 1. / President's role as head of military forces
  2. 3. / Government by the people, for the people
  3. 5. / Process of choosing a president through voting
  4. 7. / A country and its people
  5. 9. / Leader of the United States
  6. 10. / Person who loves and supports their country
  7. 12. / Only president to serve more than two terms, led during Great Depression and WWII
  8. 15. / Legislative branch of U.S. government
  9. 16. / Men who established the United States
  10. 20. / Freedom and independence
  11. 21. / Official residence and workplace of the U.S. President
  12. 23. / American conflict between the North and South (1861-1865)
  13. 24. / Relating to the national government