NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS
The Shenandoah Valley battlefields NHA preserves sites from this war.
What is The American Civil War
A bear abode
What is A Den
In 1986 an aircraft called Voyager became the first in history to fly non-stop around the world without having to do this
What is Refuel
After the Revolution this American Naval hero became an admiral in the Russian navy
What is John Paul Jones
The Alaska Purchase was known as this Secretary of State's Folly but the deal wasn't popular in Russia either
What is Seward
The Rivers of Steel NHA flows through 8 countries in this state
What is Pennsylvania
Turn down the lights
What is Dim
Also a type of flying marsupial this nonpowered craft was pioneered by Otto Lilienthal and Octave Chanute
What is A Glider
This son of a president was the USA's ace diplomat in the 18-teens before becoming president himself
What is John Quincy Adams
December 1839 saw many of these catastrophes in New England including the loss of the schooner Favorite on Norman's Woe
What is Shipwrecks
The first NHA was the Illinois and Michigan Canal which in 1848 linked the Illinois River with this one that now gets dyed green
What is The Chicago River
A failure like a movie at the box office or a shell that doesn't explode
What is A Dud
While flying over Rogers Dry Lake in California in 1947 Chuck Yeager became the human to break this
What is The Speed Of Sound
In 1871 this inventor began teaching instructions of the deaf in the Boston area
What is Alexander Graham Bell
What's called this monument stands on Breed's Hill the actual site of the first major battle of the American Revolution
What is The Bunker Hill Monument
Atchafalaya NHA stretches over 14 of these Louisiana's equivalent countries
What is Parishes
A turned-up noise
What is Din
As the wind in Ohio was unsuitable for their experiments the Wright Bros. chose the banks near this village in N.C to make history
What is Kitty Hawk
The New York weekly Journal's criticism of a Colonial governor led to the 1735 trial of JPZ this printer
What is Zenger
Nine Men's Misery was an incident in the 17th century conflict called this Wampanoag chief or King's war
What is King Philip
The NHA website for this region of the Mississippi River describes it as the land where the blues began
What is The Mississippi Delta
A cutting or insulting remark
What is A Dig
On February 5 1943 this Raging Bull handed Sugar Ray Robinson his first career defeat in 130 bouts
What is Jake Lamotta
In 1878 she got an equal rights amendment introduced and appeared before senators who chatted and smoked as she spoke
What is (Elizabeth Cady) Stanton
This Roman emperor's 125-foot column built after he conquered Dacia stands in the forum that also bears his name
What is Trajan