Name: Alaska Becomes 49th State
Duration: 63
Description: Alaska celebrates the long awaited grant of statehood with an enthusiastic celebration. It becomes America's forty-ninth state and, by far, the largest.

Alaska celebrates the long awaited grant of statehood with an enthusiastic celebration. It becomes America's forty-ninth state and, by far, the largest.

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Alaska celebrates the long awaited grant of statehood with an enthusiastic celebration. It  becomes America's forty-ninth state and, by far, the largest.

<p>Stretching more than 3,000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, the United States of America is comprised of 50 states, each with its own state capital, traditions and history.</p>


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