American Firsts
Founded in 1636, this was the first college.
What is Harvard?
The state contains the only active diamond mine in the United States.
What is Arkansas?
The stripes on the American Flag symbolize these.
What are the thirteen original colonies?
The first president to appear on a postage stamp.
Who is George Washington?
From pedestal to crown, this symbol contains 354 steps.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
First state to be admitted to the Union after the original 13 colonies.
What is Vermont?
The Girl Scouts, was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 in this state.
What is Georgia?
The last big crack in the Liberty Bell occurred in February 1846, when it was rung on this holiday.
What is President's Day?
First president born outside of the original 13 colonies.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In 1937, a grassroots campaign emerged wanting to add this face to Mount Rushmore. However, with money scarce during the Great Depression and WWII looming, Congress decided that only the four heads already in progress would continue.
Who is Susan B Anthony?
In 1868, this president became the first to be impeached, although he was later acquitted by the Senate.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The first World Series was held in this state in 1903: the Boston Americans (became the Red Sox in 1908) vs. the Pittsburg Pirates (Pittsburgh had no "h" between 1890-1911)
What is Massachusetts?
The meaning of the United Stated motto, E Pluribus Unum.
What is "Out of many, One"?
First president born in the Twentieth Century.
Who is Lyndon B Johnson?
The original White House was set on fire during what war?
What was the War of 1812?
In 1981, she became the first female appointed to the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Conner?
This state invented and installed the first electric traffic lights, in 1914.
What is Ohio?
Instead of the bald eagle, Ben Franklin wanted this to be the national bird.
What is a turkey?
First president to appear on color television.
Who is Dwight D Eisenhauer?
This memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed onboard during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and commemorates the events of that day.
What is the USS Arizona Memorial?
Who is John Adams?
A 3,500-year-old tree, and a stand of bristlecone pines 4,000 years old are the world's oldest living things located in this state.
What is California?
This is held in the claws of the eagle on the Great Seal of The United States.
What is an olive branch and 13 arrows?
First president to have been a boy scout.
Who is John F Kennedy?
The site of a significant three-day battle during the Civil War in 1863 when Union soldiers claimed victory against the Confederates, halting their invasion of the North.
What is Gettysburg?