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July 10, 2002 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC Passport Destination: US Presidents Packing Round 1. More presidents have been born in this state than any other. VIRGINIA. 2. This US city is the site of Jimmy Carter's Presidential Library. ATLANTA 3. George Bush, Sr. lost Senate races in this state in both 1964 and 1970. TEXAS 5. An educational exhibit and John F. Kennedy Memorial are both located in this Dallas building. SCHOOL BOOK DEPOSITORY 6. You can visit Abraham Lincoln's home, offices and burial place in SPRINGFIELD, Illinois. 7.Fifty-two Americans were held hostage in TEHRAN, Iran during Jimmy Carter's administration. Picture of red brick house with white columns Departure Round 1. Ronald Reagan was noted for keeping a jar of these candies on his Oval Office desk. JELLY BEANS 2. Bill Clinton recently dedicated the William J. Clinton International Peace Center in NORTHERN IRELAND. 3. The title of this 1960 film refers to this island where F D Roosevelt had a summer home. CAMPOBELLO 4. George Washington once surveyed land in this valley in Virginia. SHENANDOAH 5. Gerald Rudolph Ford played on the football team at this university. U OF MICHIGAN Picture of ranch style house On Tour Round 1. This president grew up on a farm in Abilene, Kansas. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 2. George W. and Laura Bush's home town of Midland, TX is a center for the OIL industry. 3. The scandal that rocked Warren Harding's regime centered on Teapot Dome, located in this state. WYOMING 4. President James Knox Polk was noted for declaring war against MEXICO. 5. You can visit the birth cottage and burial place of Herbert Hoover in this Iowa town. WEST BRANCH 6. Thomas Jefferson was appointed US Minister to FRANCE in 1785. 7. Teddy Roosevelt objected when Woodrow Wilson wanted to compensate COLUMBIA for the Canal Zone. Picture of Lincoln Memorial 8. This president born in Kinderhook, NY was the first president born as a US citizen. MARTIN VAN BUREN 9. This state was known as "Bloody KANSAS" when Franklin Pierce was in office. 10. William Henry Harrison's campaign slogan referred to an Indian uprising he ended at TIPPECANOE, Indiana. 11.Yalta, where Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met in 1945 is in this former USSR nation. UKRAINE 12. This city in Kosovo region of Yugoslavia made headlines when Bill Clinton was president. PRISTINA Bonus question 1 He is one of only two US presidents buried in Arlington National Cemetery. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Bonus question 2 In which section of the map of Virginia will you find Arlington? Section 1 Picture of Mt. Rushmore Slide Show 1. Thomas Jefferson's home near Charlottesville, VA is named MONTICELLO. 2. The mission-style Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is a landmark in SIMI VALLEY, California. 3. The Lincoln Memorial, a landmark in Washington, DC, was designed by HENRY BACON. 4. He was president when South Dakota's landmark Mt. Rushmore National Memorial opened in 1941. FRANKLIN D, ROOSEVELT Clues for next week's game... Comfortable shoes Camera National parks map Historical routes |