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