WORDS IN THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION
Neil Armstrong set foot in a "Sea" of it in 1969
Tranquility
Alexander Pope wrote that to do this "is human"
err
The postal service was established in 1775, & he was chosen Postmaster General; in 1847, he appeared on one of the first two stamps issued
Benjamin Franklin
"My Favorite Things" are shared by Maria in this show
The Sound of Music
This shoe company named for a Greek goddess is valued at... $100 billion? You have gotta be kidding!
Nike
Hoops stars Sabrina Ionescu & Rebekah Gardner are with them in the Big Apple
the (New York) Liberty
The police, or the fibrous covering of a peach
the fuzz
Replaced by airplane service, the last mail route in Alaska carried by this ended in 1963
sled dogs (a dog sled)
You'll hear about "The Impossible Dream" in this favorite
Man of La Mancha
NASA director Abe Silverstein said he chose this name because the image of riding a chariot across the Sun seemed appropriate
It can mean both the good fortune of a person & financial assistance to an individual by the government
welfare
One of the 5 pillars of Islam, it refers to a pilgrimage each Muslim is supposed to take at least once in life
Hajj
Hope you bought a bunch of the stamps known by this name when they were first issued in 2007 for 41 cents; they're still valid today
forever stamps
"Anything You Can Do" would include knowing 2 sharpshooters are singing that song in this show
Annie Get Your Gun
Images of bulls & dragons line the magnificent Ishtar Gate of this ancient Mesopotamian city
Babylon
To make someone a priest
ordain
As a noun it's a long, unbroken wave; as a verb, it means to grow in size or volume
swell
In 1895 10 African-American letter carriers in Washington, D.C. served as honorary pallbearers at this orator's funeral
Frederick Douglass
"Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin"' it is with Curly belting one out in this production
Oklahoma!
The U.S. Air Force's first operational ballistic missile had this Nordic name, appropriate for bringing thunder from the skies
Thor
From the Latin for "later", it's a word referring to all future generations collectively
posterity
Beginning with a prefix meaning million, this unit of power is used to measure how much electricity is used in a large region
megawatt
A stamp celebrating the 300th anniversary of Jamestown also featured the first named Native American on a stamp--her
Pocahontas
Revived in 2025:
"A Whole New Board Game" &
"One Night In Bangkok"
Chess
Only fragments remain of the once grand Temple of her in Western Turkey
Artemis