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Frankincense is tapped from the very scraggly but hardy Boswellia tree

P L A C E S ILLINOIS, USA - Starved Rock State Park, Illinois - Decatur, Illinois ... city and the county seat of Macon County - Piatt County, Illinois - Bement, Illinois ... a village in Piatt County - Coles County, Illinois - Mattoon, Illinois ... a city in Coles County CHICAGO etc. - Chicago, Illinois ... incorporated as a city in 1837, it rapidly became a major transportation hub, as well as the business, financial, and cultural capital of the Midwest - Dearborn Station ... the oldest of the six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois during the heyday of rail in the twentieth century. - Wrigley Field a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales. Wrigley Park has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. - Tribune Tower ... a Gothic building located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois - Palmer House ... famous and historic hotel in downtown Chicago, Illinois - Brookfield Zoo, Brookfield, Illinois and ELSEWHERE - Culpepper County, Virginia - Great Salt Lake, Utah ... the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere, the fourth-largest terminal lake in the world, and the 33rd largest lake on Earth - Seattle, Washington   - Germany ... country in West-central Europe.   - Palace of Versailles ... a royal chateau in Versailles, France. The Hall of Mirrors is a famous galerie featuring seventeen mirror-clad arches that reflect the seventeen arcaded windows that overlook the gardens. Each arch contains twenty-one mirrors with a total complement of 357 mirrors. - Paris ... capital city of France

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616) ... English poet and playwright   ... Romeo and Juliet ... an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose "untimely deaths" ultimately unite their feuding households.   - Open Source Shakespeare ... keyword search plays, sonnets, poems and more.

General George Washington

General Washington led the Continental Army to victory over the Kingdom of Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War   ... the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was, at least initially, a civil war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies on the North American continent   ... the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, was actually on Breed's Hill. This battle was part of the Siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War   ... Valley Forge, Pennsylvania is the site of the camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777-1778.   ... Siege of Yorktown, Virginia, 1781 was a combined assault of French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau and American forces led by General George Washington, over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (31 December 1738 - 5 October 1805) was a British military commander and colonial governor. He is best remembered as one of the primary British generals in the American Revolutionary War. His 1781 defeat by a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown is generally considered the end of the War.

- American Legion ... organization of veterans of the United States armed forces who served in wartime
- American Legion Auxiliary ... a U.S.-headquartered patriotic service organization for women interested in voluntary service
- Daughters of the American Revolution ... (DAR) a lineage-based membership organization of women dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism

Marshall Field   ... born August 18th, 1834 - died January 16th, 1906   ... founder of the Chicago-based department stores Marshall Field and Company   ... hallmark innovations include unconditional refunds, consistent pricing and international imports   ... attributed quotes include "Give the lady what she wants" and "The customer is always right"

Miss Annie Oakley ... the Peerless Lady Wing-Shot   ... born Phoebe Ann Mosey   ... born August 13th, 1860 - died November 3rd, 1926   ... American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter   ... her amazing talent led to a starring role in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar.

Lane Bryant (1879? - September 26th, 1951) ... Lena Himmelstein Bryant Malsin was an American clothing designer and retailer who founded the plus-size clothing chain Lane Bryant. She produced the first known commercial maternity dress. The Lane Bryant Catalog featured plus size clothing, plus size lingerie, & plus size dress apparel in women's sizes 14 to 44W.

Amelia Earhart   ... born 24 July 1897   ... she was declared missing 2 July 1937 somewhere over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe   ... declared deceased 5 January 1939   ... noted as an American aviation pioneer, author and women's rights advocate   ... first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

Pretty Boy Floyd   ... Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd   ... February 3, 1904 - October 22, 1934   ... ALIASES: Frank Mitchell, "Pretty Boy Smith"   ... American bank robber and alleged killer

Kate Smith ... Songbird of the South   ... Kathryn Elizabeth Smith   ... born May 1, 1907 - died June 17, 1986   ... American singer (born in Washington, D.C.)   ... best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"