Rockford College in Illinois periodically awards a medal "to extraordinary women who have taken stands in their lives that required critical thinking and courageous action" in honor of this distinguished graduate.

The oldest military monument in the U.S. honors participants in this event.

The first city-wide labor strike in the U.S. to be called a "general strike," occurred in this city in 1919.

Anwar Sadat became president of Egypt in 1970 following the death of this man.

The 1821 Battle of Carabobo was the decisive battle in the war that gained this nation independence from Spain.

This country’s flag is the longest in continuous use.

Although never officially a state, a portion of Eastern Tennessee functioned as one from 1784 to 1788 and was named after this early American.