World War I
During the war this future British prime minister served as First Lord of the Admiralty
Churchill
From the Old French for "upper loin", it's an expensive cut of beef from the upper loin
sirloin
This Virginian was appointed the first Secretary of State under the new Constitution in 1789
Thomas Jefferson
She graduated from Stanford & was impersonated by Julia Sweeney on "Saturday Night Live"
Chelsea Clinton
"Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico
(Georgia) O'Keeffe
This American flying ace shot down 26 enemy aircraft & received the French Croix de Guerre
Rickenbacker
From the French for "calf", it's meat from a calf
veal
In 1790 this Virginian & "Federalist" co-author began to worry about states losing their rights
Madison
They were kids when she met her future husband at Ike's inauguration
Julie Nixon (Eisenhower)
6 years after Chuck Yeager, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to do this
break the sound barrier
3-word name for the ground between enemy trenches; it could be less than 30 yards or more than a mile wide
no man's land
From the Latin for "ram", it's the meat of an adult sheep
mutton
The 9th & 10th presidents of the U.S., they were both born in Charles City County, Virginia
William Henry Harrison & John Tyler
A Columbia Law School graduate, she married museum designer Edwin Schlossberg in 1986
Caroline Kennedy
One of the most influential women of the 20th century, she was publisher of the Washington Post from 1969 to 1979 & CEO until 1991
(Katharine) Graham
During the war the Food Admin. headed by this future president controlled the distribution of food
Hoover
From the Latin for "to hunt", it's deer meat
venison
The land the 6th Baron Fairfax built his home on in Virginia had been surveyed by this man
Washington
The press dubbed her "Watusi Luci" because she loved to dance the watusi (also the frug & the monkey)
Luci Johnson
Gwendolyn Brooks, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, won for this category in 1950
Poetry
This controversial Army officer led the air operations of the AEF & flew many missions deep into enemy territory
(Billy) Mitchell
From the Old English for "heel", it's an animal's lower leg served as a cut of cured meat
hock
In 1951, this gen. born in Fort Monroe replaced MacArthur as U.N. Forces Commander-in-Chief in Korea
Matthew Ridgway
Known as "Princess Alice", she married a congressman who became Speaker of the House in the 1920s
Alice Roosevelt
Elected in 1993, she's the first woman to represent Texas in the U.S. Senate
Kay Bailey Hutchison