Reference

Index

A quiet index of the names I've encountered. Look them up — each name holds a story.

People

• Abraham Lincoln
• Benjamin Franklin
• Charles Pinckney
• Charley Longfellow
• Charlotte Forten Grimké
• Cornelius Vanderbilt III & Reginald Vanderbilt
• Crispus Attucks
• Daniel Morgan
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Edward Berwind
• Ellen Craft
• Francis Scott Key
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Frederick Billings
• George Griffin
• George Perkins Marsh
• George Pullman
• George Washington
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Horatio Gates
• John Adams
• John Brown
• John D. Rockefeller Sr.
• John F. Kennedy
• John Hancock
• John Muir
• John Parker
• John Paul Jones
• Joseph Warren
• Jude Hall
• Katsura Tarō
• Laurance Rockefeller
• Lee Kuan Yew & Liu Thai Ker
• Louis Armstrong
• Louis XVI
• Maggie L. Walker
• Maria & Georg von Trapp
• Mark Twain
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Nathanael Greene
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• Paul Revere
• Phillis Wheatley
• Roger Williams
• Salem Poor
• Sally Hemings
• Samuel Adams
• Samuel Slater
• Sarah Roberts, Robert Morris & Charles Sumner
• Stephen Hopkins
• Sue Bailey Thurman
• Thaddeus Kosciuszko
• The von Trapp Family
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Stone
• William C. Nell
• William Lloyd Garrison
• William Prescott

Places

• Acadia National Park
• American Philosophical Society Museum
• Arlington National Cemetery
• Bass Harbor Head Light
• Beacon Hill Books & Cafe
• Belltown Hill Orchards
• Boston Athenaeum
• Bridge of Joy Sculptures
• Bunker Hill Monument
• Cold Hollow Cider Mill
• Crater Lake National Park
• DeLuca's Market
• Eastern Market
• Faneuil Hall
• Ford's Theatre
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
• Granary Burying Ground
• Green Mountain Inn
• Historic Jamestowne
• Hoh Rain Forest
• Independence Hall
• John Paul Jones House
• Jordan Pond House
• Korean War Veterans Memorial
• Library of Congress
• Lincoln Memorial
• Marine Corps War Memorial
• Mark Twain House
• Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP
• Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
• Monticello
• Mount Vernon
• National Air and Space Museum
• National Archives
• National Christmas Tree
• National Gallery of Art
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• National Museum of African Art
• National Museum of American History
• National Museum of Asian Art
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Museum of the American Indian
• National Postal Museum
• Norman Williams Public Library
• Old City Hall (Ruth's Chris)
• Old North Church
• Old South Meeting House
• Old State House
• Olympic National Park
• Paul Revere House
• Portland Head Light
• Quechee Covered Bridge
• Rim Drive
• Saratoga Monument
• Smithsonian Castle
• Smithsonian Institution
• Smithsonian Passport
• Taftsville Covered Bridge
• The Breakers
• The Elms
• The Rotunda (University of Virginia)
• The Wharf
• The White House
• Touro Synagogue
• US Botanic Garden
• US Capitol
• US Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Union Station
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Virginia State Capitol
• Von Trapp Family Lodge
• Wadsworth Atheneum
• Washington Monument
• Washington's War Tent
• Wizard Island
• Woodstock Middle Bridge
• Woodstock Scoops
• World War II Memorial

Books, Films & Music

• The Sound of Music

Events

• Columbus Crosses the Atlantic
• Jamestowne Is Founded
• The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony
• The Salem Witch Trials
• The Stamp Act
• The Boston Massacre
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Midnight Ride
• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• Evacuation Day
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Battle of Saratoga
• The Badge of Military Merit
• The U.S. Constitution
• Delaware Becomes the First State
• Washington Becomes the First President
• The U.S. Mint Is Founded
• The Capital Moves to Washington, D.C.
• The Louisiana Purchase
• The Lewis and Clark Expedition
• The War of 1812
• The Star-Spangled Banner Is Written
• The Erie Canal Opens
• The Indian Removal Act
• The Trail of Tears
• The California Gold Rush
• The Seneca Falls Convention
• The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
• Uncle Tom's Cabin Is Published
• The Civil War
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• The Gettysburg Address
• Lincoln Is Assassinated
• The 13th Amendment Abolishes Slavery
• The Transcontinental Railroad Is Completed
• Yellowstone, the First National Park
• Mark Twain Publishes Tom Sawyer
• The Statue of Liberty Is Dedicated
• Ellis Island Opens
• The Wright Brothers Fly
• The Russo-Japanese War
• The Treaty of Portsmouth
• The National Park Service Is Founded
• The United States Enters World War I
• Women Win the Vote
• The Great Depression Begins
• The New Deal
• Pearl Harbor and Entry into World War II
• World War II Ends
• Brown v. Board of Education
• The March on Washington
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• The Moon Landing