HELLO MARCH
On March 1, 1872, it officially became the USA's first national park; it even has its own Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Like a plant that keeps its leaves year round, lush Thiruvananthapuram in India is known as this city
the Evergreen City
The Parthenon remained open with little to no damage when one of these shook Athens in 1999
an earthquake
Running north & south, North America's continental divide is located mostly along the tops of these mountains
The Rockies
Chimney Rock National Monument & Pike National Forest can be found in this state
Colorado
In 44 B.C. a world leader received the ultimate veto at the Senate on this date
March 15
The New Jersey city called this was incorporated as a town in 1860; East this, West this & South this soon followed
Orange
To prevent a Grexit in 2015, Alexis Tsipras made austerity decisions so his country could stay in this "Zone"
the Euro Zone
This South American country leads the world in oil reserves with about 300 billion barrels
Venezuela
In 1972 a team of 6 spelunkers discovered that this cave in Kentucky was connected to the Flint Ridge Caves nearby
Mammoth Cave
Things were looking up on March 13, 1781 when William Herschel discovered this planet, named for a Greek deity & not a Roman one
Uranus
Magenta, Italy gave its name to a color after the III emperor of this name beat the Austrians in a nearby 1859 battle
Napoleon III
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When this man bought Greece's national airline in the '50s, a pal said that he used "the money he made at sea with his mistress in the sky"
Onassis
9 North American nations border the Pacific Ocean, including this one the farthest south
Panama
This river slithers 1,040 miles & joins the Columbia near Pasco, Washington
the Snake
On March 6, 1836 the last fortification to fall at the battle of this landmark was the chapel
the Alamo
For the color of many buildings, the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago had this nickname referenced in the title of a 2003 bestseller
the White City
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Lawrence Durrell's "Prospero's Cell" chronicles his life on this island until Axis occupation starting in 1941
Corfu
In the 1860s Barkerville in this province became home to Canada's first Chinese community
British Columbia
A segment of the Taconic Mountains is part of this highland area of Western Massachusetts
the Berkshires
Ratified on March 1, 1781, this document included No. 11, in which Canada got the option to join the U.S. (spoiler--Canada did not)
The Articles of Confederation
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In his version of "The Yellow Rose of Texas", Elvis Presley sang, "My heart's in" this appropriate panhandle city
Amarillo
The bull-leaping fresco in the Palace of Knossos was made by this civilization circa 1400 B.C.
the Minoan Civilization
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In 1763, Napoleon's wife Josephine was born on this Caribbean island, a French territory since 1635
Martinique
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A drawbridge on the causeway over this lake in Louisiana is located all the way at the 16 mile mark
Pontchartrain