Assassinations
April 14, 1865
Washington DC
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
A prominent Boston silversmith, he was immortalized in a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem for his famous April 1775 midnight ride to warn that British troops were approaching.
Paul Revere
Established by Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 and known for geothermal features like Old Faithful, this primarily Wyoming location was the very first national park in the world.
Yellowstone
Neil Armstrong
"That's one small step for man, one..."
Giant leap for mankind
The site of a famous 1773 "Tea Party" and a 1770 "Massacre," this New England capital played a central role in sparking the American Revolution.
Boston
November 22, 1963
Dallas, Texas
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
At just 33 years old, this Virginian served as the principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Thomas Jefferson
Carved over millions of years by the Colorado River, this massive, colorful Arizona natural wonder is 277 miles long and up to 18 miles wide.
Grand Canyon
Abraham Lincoln
"A _____ _______ against itself cannot stand"
House divided
Located just about 100 miles south of Washington, D.C., this Virginia capital served as the capital of the Confederacy for the majority of the American Civil War.
Richmond
Memphis, Tennessee
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr.
As President of the Second Continental Congress, he was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, doing so with a signature so large and flamboyant that his name became synonymous with an autograph.
John Hancock
Located in California's Sierra Nevada mountains, this park is famous for its towering waterfalls and massive granite cliffs, notably Half Dome and El Capitan.
Yosemite
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"The only thing we have to fear is..."
Fear itself
Driven by the massive 1849 Gold Rush, this city became the western terminus for both the Pony Express and the First Transcontinental Railroad, solidifying its status as California's permanent capital.
Sacramento
June 5, 1968
Los Angeles, California
Sirhan Sirhan
Bobby Kennedy
A fiery patriot and cousin to the second U.S. president, he was a key leader of the secret society known as the Sons of Liberty and a primary organizer of the Boston Tea Party.
Sam Adams
Covering much of southern Florida, this vast, slow-moving "River of Grass" is the only ecosystem in the world where alligators and crocodiles coexist in the wild.
Everglades
Thomas Jefferson (written)
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are..."
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
George Washington famously crossed the icy Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776 to surprise and defeat Hessian mercenaries at a pivotal battle in this modern-day New Jersey capital.
Trenton
July 2, 1881
Washington DC
Charles Guiteau
James Garfield
Often called the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting the document, he also wrote the Bill of Rights before becoming the fourth U.S. president.
James Madison
Home to North America's tallest mountain peak, this massive, six-million-acre Alaskan national park is also officially known as Mount McKinley National Park
Denali
Patrick Henry
"Give me liberty or..."
Give me death
Now famous as the home of the U.S. Naval Academy, this Maryland capital briefly served as the nation's capital in 1783, serving as the site where George Washington officially resigned his military commission.
Annapolis