THE CELTS
You can hear some of the sounds of the Celts if you go west from England to this U.K. land where they speak Cymraeg
Wales
From a well-to-do family, Sara Delano
The ice sheet of this island in the news a bit in 2026 covers around 700,000 square miles
Greenland
Ulysses S. Grant called this war in which he was a quartermaster "one of the most unjust ever waged"
the Mexican-American War
In 1811 Archduchess Marie-Louise bore him his only legitimate heir
Napoleon
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These acorn-producing trees were considered sacred, & groves of them were used for priestly rituals & as sanctuaries
oak
Nurse & three-time widow Virginia Cassidy
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Bill Clinton
Take a peek at Bobby Peak rising 8,700 feet on this nation just east of the African continent
Madagascar
6,000 people attended the laying of the cornerstone of the castle, the signature building of this in Washington, D.C.
the Smithsonian
Elizabeth I was long dead when this favorite of hers got the ax, literally, in 1618
Raleigh
A torc was this piece of jewelry, maybe worn by Queen Boudica like the Great Torc of Snettisham found along with a bracelet
a necklace
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Anthropologist Ann Dunham
Barack Obama
Unlike some, I've never gone to a party or rave in this Balearic island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site as of 1999
Ibiza
In Nov. 1842 Father Edward Sorin & friends took possession of 500 acres of snow in Indiana, the start of this school
Notre Dame
Around 210 B.C. Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang was buried with his own "Army" made of this "earthy" material
terra cotta
According to Julius Caesar's account, Celtic Britons used a plant-based dye to paint their skin this color for battle
blue
Martha Ellen Young, the daughter of Missouri farmers.
Truman
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It has a vast green area in its heart for New York City residents, the Green Belt, & also once boasted the city's largest landfill
Staten Island
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Massively unpopular, he faced the threat of impeachment over his veto of a national bank bill
John Tyler
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The remains of this U.S. hero who died in France in 1792 were brought back & reinterred at the Naval Academy in 1913
John Paul Jones
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Celtic religious festivals included Samhain, the start of winter on Nov. 1, & this May Day festival marking the start of summer
Beltane
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Anna Kendrick of Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Franklin Pierce
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Anegada is part of this territory in the Eastern Caribbean; St. Thomas is in its U.S. counterpart
the British Virgin Islands
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & others met in Waterloo, N.Y. to plan the women's rights convention held here, a few miles away
Seneca Falls
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Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 map had 2 portraits: Ptolemy on the Old World & this namesake of the New World
Vespucci