The first shots of the Revolution were fired here in 1775 — "the shot heard round the world."
Lexington and Concord
He was the first president to live in the White House.
John Adams
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in this Alabama city.
Montgomery
This outlaw duo was gunned down in Louisiana in 1934.
Bonnie and Clyde
This 1969 music festival promised three days of peace and music.
Woodstock
This 1776 Thomas Paine pamphlet argued the colonies should break from Britain.
Common Sense
This president's face is on the $20 bill.
Andrew Jackson
This 1963 event brought 250,000 people to the Lincoln Memorial.
The March on Washington
This 1881 gunfight went down at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone.
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
In 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Washington crossed this river on Christmas night 1776 to surprise the Hessians at Trenton.
The Delaware River
He is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
Grover Cleveland
The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, gave this group the right to vote.
Women
This 1876 battle was Custer's Last Stand.
The Battle of Little Bighorn
This 1986 disaster destroyed the Space Shuttle Challenger 73 seconds after liftoff.
The Challenger explosion
This 1781 Virginia battle was the last major one of the Revolutionary War.
Yorktown
His secretary of state bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 — "Seward's Folly."
Andrew Johnson
Cesar Chavez co-founded this farmworkers' union in 1962.
The United Farm Workers
This longtime FBI director created the "Ten Most Wanted" list.
J. Edgar Hoover
This 2001 event led to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.
The September 11 attacks (9/11)
Ratified in 1791, these first ten amendments protect speech, guns, and a fair trial.
The Bill of Rights
This former Yale cheerleader became the 41st president.
George H. W. Bush
The 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York launched this rights movement.
The gay rights movement (LGBTQ+ rights)
This 1920s Chicago gangster was finally jailed for tax evasion.
Al Capone
This 2008 election made Barack Obama the first Black president.
The 2008 presidential election