BETHLEHEM VETERANS
MEMORIAL PARK

MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS AND 
ECHOES OF HISTORY 
AROUND THE FLAGPOLE

At the Bethlehem Veterans Memorial Park, the military engagements and the echoes of history are engraved on bricks and arranged around the flagpole. Use the hints that follow and see if you can figure out where they are placed. Visit the park to see if your arrangements are correct. Note that some bricks have been purposely left blank for future placements. 

The echoes of history for each military engagement are arranged in a pattern. See if you can uncover the pattern for each engagement.

2. Thomas Paine said this. 
6. General William T. Sherman said this. 
9. This battle cry resulted from a ship explosion. 
10. Ben Franklin said this. 
11. This engagement occurred early in the administration of George H. W. Bush 
12. The F-117 fighter plane. 
13. A battle in Montana that no one survived. 
14. Ulysses S. Grant said this. 
15. Black Hawk Down. 
17. Teddy Roosevelt and the rough riders charged up this promontory. 
18. This phrase was used to justify territorial expansion. 
19. This engagement occurred early in the administration of William McKinley. 
20. John Paul Jones said this. 
21. General Schwarzkopf led this operation.
22. This engagement occurred in the latter part of George H. W. Bush’s administration. 
23. This caused a "Trail of Tears." 
24. A practice addressed in the Emancipation Proclamation. 
25. Oliver Hazard Perry said this. 
26. World Trade Center. 
28. This engagement ended during the administration of Teddy Roosevelt. 
29. A Castle in Mexico. 
30. John F. Kennedy had this problem. 
31. Breed's Hill is where this battle actually took place. 
32. A massacre of Sioux Indians took place here. 
33. Largest assemblage of Indian Warriors for battle. 
34. Andrew Jackson is often held responsible for these engagements. 
35. Robert E. Lee said this. 
36. Battle with British forces led to this description. 
37. Military engagement in Afghanistan.
38. Franklin D. Roosevelt said this. 
40. Battle cry that resulted from a battle in San Antonio that no American survived. 
41. Ronald Reagan said this. 
42. Signal to Paul Revere. 
43. A short, but memorable, speech. 
44. James Lawrence said this. 
45. 911 
46. George W. Bush said this. 
48. Davy Crockett said this. 
49. This competition was with the Soviet Republic under Khrushchev. 
50. Another name for this conflict for self-government.  		51. Abe Lincoln said this about the institution of slavery. 
52. This engagement began during the administration of James Madison. 
53. Critics of our fourth president coined this phrase. 
56. This engagement began during the administration of James Polk. 
57. John F. Kennedy said this. 
58. Patrick Henry said this. 
59. This engagement began during the administration of Abraham Lincoln. 
60. This shall not perish. 
61. David Glasgow Farragut said this. 
64. This divided both a city and a country.
65. This engagement began during the administration of Harry S. Truman. 
66. Nathan Hale said this. 
67. This engagement began during the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 
68. This place is in Hawaii. 
69. Dwight D. Eisenhower said this. 
70. This was the last German offensive. 
71. She was a poster girl. 
72. A warning from General Douglas MacArthur. 
75. A midnight ride on horseback, to give warning. 
76. Thomas Jefferson said this. 
77. This engagement brought about the administration of George Washington. 
78. This day woke "a sleeping giant." 
79. This engagement began during the administration of Dwight David Eisenhower. 
80. Battle mission before then after Tet. 
81. John McCain stayed here. 
82. Veteran's response to a divisive war.
83. This related to the spread of Communism. 
86. This line divided a country. 
87. This engagement began during the administration of Harry S. Truman. 
88. Howard Walter Gilmaore said this. 
89. Why America honors veterans. 
90. This engagement began during the administration of Woodrow Wilson. 
91. The last voyage of this ship was in 1915. 
92. The dictionary says this is an infantryman. 
95. A remark by General Douglas MacArthur. 
96. Herbert Hoover said this. 
97. John 15:13. 
98. Woodrow Wilson said this. 
99. This engagement began during the administration of Ronald Reagan.
The patterns for each military engagement includes one brick that is not engraved. If you would like to suggest an engraving for a blank brick, submit your suggestion.

 

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