EYEWITNESS U.S. HISTORY
An eyewitness in 1906 described "dynamite used to blow down buildings in the path of flames" just after this event
A less-famous John Hancock signature is on the 1793 act establishing this state's Norfolk County, to include Cohasset
Massachusetts
As it flows through the city of Oxford, this 210-mile river is known as the Isis
the Thames
The sagittarii were these type of soldiers in the Roman army
Archers
The Romans called this Somerset city Aquae Sulis, then probably took a soak there
Bath
A performer at this venue remembered the president's wife "was laughing at my speech when the shot was fired"
Ford's Theater
O'Brien County, Iowa is a perfect square, this many miles each side for a total of 576 very square miles
24
The Royal Conservatoire & the University of Strathclyde are both found in this city, Scotland's most populous
Glasgow
An ancient Persian force was called the 10,000 these--the soldiers didn't live forever, but were replaced as soon as they died
the Immortals
This city on the Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh is also home to the Pearl Mosque
Agra
Horace C. Porter recalled handing General Lee his pencil on April 9, 1865 in this place with a 3-word name
Appomattox Courthouse
In the 1940s the New Mexico legislature established this county quite a bit smaller than its neighbors
Los Alamos
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The "Garden of England", the county of Kent in the southeast is also home to Folkestone, a terminal of this 31-mile marvel
Geoffroi de Charney belonged to this order of knights & was immolated in 1314 with the grand master of his order
the Knights Templar
In 2015 Yemen's government fled to this port city after Houthi rebels captured Sana'a
Aden
Victor Weisskopf saw a "smoke ball rising with a thick stem of dark brown color" in July 1945 near this test site with a religious name
Trinity
Cross this county's border & you're in one of Chicagoland's "collar counties": Lake, McHenry, DuPage, Kane & Will
Cook County
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Also a first name, this 5-letter county is one of England's largest & is one east of Cornwall
Devon
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From Arabic for "slave", these warriors established a dynasty in Egypt & Syria from 1250 to 1517
the Mamluks
This picturesque Austrian city on the Danube claims its namesake baked good, Linz, is the oldest one of these named for a city
Cake!
She recalled a 1960 event in New Orleans: "People yelled & threw things"; "I was surrounded by the marshals"
Ruby Bridges
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[Rosa Parks]
Cities in 2 counties include this one in Anderson & Campbell Counties, Tennessee, named since 2014 for a state song also a Volunteers anthem
Rocky Top
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The birthplace of Catherine Zeta-Jones, this second-largest city of Wales was heavily damaged by German bombing in WWII
Swansea
17th century Ethiopian warrior Malik Ambar fought Jahangir, a ruler of this dynasty, on the Deccan plateau of India
Mughal
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In 2011 this city in Africa became the world's newest national capital
Juba (South Sudan)