By the time you receive this issue, the Fourth of July celebrations will have come and gone, but a milestone as significant as America’s 250th birthday deserves to be celebrated all year long.
I have always considered it a true honor and privilege to be an American. Watching videos on social media of visitors experiencing our country during recent events reminded me just how fortunate we are to call this nation home. Sometimes it takes seeing America through someone else’s eyes to appreciate all that we have.
As we settle into the heat of summer, I also hope you’re finding ways to stay cool during these months of Arizona’s extreme heat.
If you’re planning any home repairs or remodeling projects this summer, I encourage you to support the outstanding local businesses that advertise in The Grand Season each month. Their continued support makes this publication possible.
Here’s to celebrating America’s past, embracing the present, and looking forward to a bright future together.
Enjoy every day
Melissa Whitton Editor/Associate Publisher
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In the spirit of celebrating our country’s 250th Anniversary, here’s some trivia to tickle your brain.
1. How many original Colonies were there?
2. What is the national bird of the U.S.?
3. In what city was the Declaration of Independence signed?
4. True or false? The U.S. Constitution is the world’s longest-standing surviving written charter of government.
5. What explorer is America named after?
6. What year did women finally get the right to vote?
7. Who’s credited with sewing the first American flag?
8. The name of the first American Colony, settled in 1607, was __________.
9. Who are the only two nonpresidents who appear on our currency?
10. What are the three branches of U.S. government?
11. What event officially brought the U.S. into World War II?
12. If someone requests your John Hancock, what are they referring to?
13. What song contains the lyrics “for amber waves of grain”?
14. Who was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court?
15. When did the U.S. officially get involved in World War I?
16. Which type of alcohol is distinctive to the United States?
17. Who was the King of England during the American Revolution?
18. What U.S. city is known as the “wedding capital of the world”?
19. Which Civil Rights figure led the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955?
20. True or false? Apple pie was invented in the good old USA.
21. What was the only state to ever have been ruled by a queen?
22. Who was the first American astronaut in space?
23. Which was the first established university in the U.S.?
24. What does the U.S.’s motto “E pluribus unum” mean?
25. What was the original capital of the U.S.?
26. What is the largest national park in the U.S.?
27. Which was the first state to be admitted to the union?
28. Where can you find the National Baseball Hall of Fame?
29. What is America’s longest highway?
30. In which American city did jazz music originate?
31. What is the busiest airport in the U.S.?
32. Which explorer discovered the Mississippi River?
33. How many states were eventually created from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?
34. What was the name of the Native American tribe the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving with?
35. On April 9, 1865, where did Robert E. Lee formally surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
36. Which state is Juan Ponce de León credited with discovering?
37. What fashion trend was born out of the Suffrage Movement in the 1850s?
38. During the Gilded Age, who was the richest American and the country’s first billionaire?
39. Who did the U.S. fight against in the War of 1812?
40. Why was the U.S. Secret Service officially formed in July 1865?
41. Which President won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009?
42. Who was the first president to be born in the 20th century?
43. Which state has produced the greatest number of U.S. presidents?
44. Which four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
45. Which president died in office after serving only 32 days
46. Who were the first residents of the White House?
47. Who was the first president to name a woman to his cabinet?
48. When the White House was on fire in 1814, which first lady sprang into action and saved a portrait of George Washington?
49. Which president is responsible for creating the interstate highway system?
50. How many sitting presidents have been assassinated?
51. Who was the shortest commander in chief?
52. The first U.S. president to be impeached was ______________.
53. Which two presidents died on July 4, 1826, which was also the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence?
54. The only person to hold the offices of both president and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court was ___________.
55. True or false? Martin Van Buren had two pet tiger cubs while in the White House.
56. Which U.S. state has the smallest population?
57. When you stand at the Four Corners Monument, which four states can you be in at the same time?
58. What’s the highest mountain in the U.S.?
59. What’s the oldest city in America?
60. Which two sets of states contain the names North and South?
HOLLYWOOD HAPPENINGS
Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone joined forces again for the upcoming drama film “White Lies.” Douglas, 81, and Ellen Barkin, 72, will be supporting Josh Hartnett, 47, whose character is the film’s main focal point.
Hugh Jackman hits screens as the elderly robber/ baron of Sherwood Forest in “The Death of Robin Hood” (co-starring Jodie Comer and Bill Skarsgard), in which the former “Wolverine,” 57, takes on Robin Hood’s midlife crisis.
Jackman then immediately jumped into playing Long John Silver in Ridley Scott’s upcoming reimagining of “Treasure Island.” The book “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson has sold more than tens of millions of copies since it was first published in 1883. In 1934, MetroGoldwyn-Mayer (MGM) made a film version with Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper.
In 1950, Disney produced an exciting version with Robert Newton and Bobby Driscoll, and in 1972, Orson Welles played Long John Silver. In 1990, a TV adaption starred Charlton Heston, Christian Bale and Oliver Reed
BIBLE TRIVIA
1. Is the book of Jude (KJV) in the Old or New Testament or neither?
2. From Acts 17, in what city were Paul and his companions accused of turning the world upside down? Antioch, Smyrna, Thessalonica, Galatia
3. How many days did it take Nehemiah to get the wall around Jerusalem completed? 6, 52, 100, 1,000
4. From Genesis 3:15, the snake is supposed to strike at what part of man? Throat, Hand, Heel, Eyes
5. In Christianity, what’s the title given to the head of a diocese? Arch, Cardinal, Bishop, Reverend
6. From Revelation 12, what angel fights against Satan? Gabriel, Angel of the Lord, Cherubim, Michael
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1. Name the artist who had a solitary hit with “Sunshine.”
2. Which song was Barry Sadler best known for?
3. Name the group that had hits in 1967 with “Happy Together” and “She’d Rather Be with Me.”
4. Wham! consisted of which two artists?
5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Don’t know much about history, Don’t know much biology, Don’t know much about a science book, Don’t know much about the French I took.”
DINING GUIDE
After trading $3 billion worth of Pepsi-Cola to the U.S.S.R. in exchange for vodka, submarines and other military hardware, the Pepsi company briefly had the sixth largest military in the world.
Time slows down so dramatically near a black hole that if you stood close enough to it, years could pass for the universe while just minutes passed for you.
Los Angeles has the world’s largest Korean population outside of Korea.
Iceland’s parliament, the Icelandic Althingi, first formed in 930 A.D., is the oldest in the world.
The tradition of carrying the bride across the threshold started in medieval Europe when many people believed that a bride was especially vulnerable to evil spirits through the soles of her feet. To guard her from such attacks, the chivalric groom would carry her into their new home.
In J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” dragon blood is revealed to be an effective oven cleaner.
The Pyramids of Giza are the only Great Wonder of the ancient world still standing.
A sloth can take up to two weeks to digest a single meal.
Lightning isn’t limited to thunderstorms, but can also occur in volcanic eruptions, wildfires and snowstorms.
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INSPIRE FREEDOM
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err and even to sin.
—Mahatma Gandhi
May freedom be seen, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to please to do what is right.
—Peter Marshall
It also is an occasion for remembering that in the truest sense freedom cannot be bestowed, it must be achieved; and that there must be constant vigilance if it is to be maintained.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and of human dignity.
—Herbert Hoover
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
—Winston Churchill
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
—George Washington
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Freedom lies in being bold.
—Robert Frost
If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. The choice is yours.
—Noam Chomsky
The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage.
—Thucydides
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1. Jonathan Edwards, in 1971. The song, released on Edwards’ debut album, lifted the mood of a lot of people during the Vietnam War. The song was later covered by Juice Newton and the Isley Brothers.
2. “The Ballad of the Green Berets,” in 1966. The song stayed at No. 1 on the charts for five weeks.
3. The Turtles. Two of the members, Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, started performing as Flo & Eddie while they were in the middle of contract problems.
4. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
5. “Wonderful World,” by Sam Cooke, in 1960. The song has been covered by several others over the years, including Herman’s Hermits in 1965. In 1978, the song was used in “Animal House.”
The United States Constitution is the oldest written national constitution still in use.
The first permanent English settlement was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
The original United States flag had 13 stars and 13 stripes representing the first colonies.
The current 50-star American flag was designed by a 17-yearold high school student, Robert Heft, in 1958. DID YOU KNOW? 411
1. 13
2. The bald eagle
3. Philadelphia
4. True. Since it was ratified in 1789, the Constitution established the U.S. government as it exists today.
5. Amerigo Vespucci
6. 1920, with the passage of the 19th amendment
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22. Alan Shepard
23. Harvard
24. “Out of many, one”
25. New York City
26. The WrangellSt. Elias National Park & Preserve in Alaska
27. Delaware
28. Cooperstown, NY
7. Betsy Ross
8. Jamestown, Virginia
9. Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill and Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill
10. The Legislative, Executive and Judicial
11. The December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor
12. Your signature
13. “America the Beautiful”
14. Sandra Day O’Connor
15. 1917
16. Kentucky bourbon
17. George III
18. Las Vegas
19. Martin Luther King Jr.
20. False. It originated in England, with the first recipe written in 1381.
21. Hawaii
Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln
45. William Henry Harrison
46. John and Abigail Adams
47. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
48. Dolley Madison
29. Route 20, which stretches from Boston to Newport, OR
30. New Orleans
31. HartsfieldJackson Atlanta Airport
32. Hernando De Soto
33. 15
34. The Wampanoag tribe
35. The Appomattox Court House in Virginia
36. Florida
37. Bloomers, aka loose trousers that gathered at the ankles
38. John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil
39. Great Britain
40. To stamp out rampant counterfeiting after the Civil War
41. Barack Obama
42. John F. Kennedy
43. Virginia
44. George Washington,
49. Dwight D. Eisenhower
50. Four
51. James Madison, who stood just 5 feet 4 inches tall
52. Andrew Johnson
53. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
54. William Howard Taft
55. True! Van Buren received the cubs from the Sultan of Oman, but Congress said he couldn’t keep them, so the cubs were donated to the local zoo.
56. Wyoming
57. Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico
58. Denali, also known as Mt. McKinley, in Alaska, which stands at 20,310 feet.
59. St. Augustine, FL
60. North and South Carolina and North and South Dakota
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LOVE RELATIONSHIP CHECK UP
Often in marriage, it’s easy to go through the motions, and not really connect on a deeper level. If you want to build a more intimate relationship, carve out the time in your life to answers some of the following questions with your partner:
What part of you have I been missing this year?
When did you last feel truly seen by me?
What’s something you’ve been carrying alone?
What have you stopped telling me, and why?
Where in your life are you the loneliest right now?
What’s the hardest thing you didn’t say out loud this year?
What are you grieving that I haven’t noticed?
What part of yourself have you put on hold?
When was the last time you felt fully like yourself?
What would you tell me if you knew I wouldn’t react?
Questions About Us
What’s changed about us this year that we haven’t named?
Where have we drifted?
What are we doing on autopilot that we should question?
What part of our relationship feels alive right now?
What part feels like it’s just going through the motions?
What do you miss about us?
When did you last feel proud to be with me?
When did you last feel embarrassed to be with me?
If we met today, would you choose me again?
Questions About Sex and the Body
What do you wish I knew about your body right now?
What’s changed about what you want?
What’s something you’ve been afraid to ask for?
What’s something you’ve been faking?
What used to turn you on that doesn’t anymore?
What turns you on now that you’ve never told me?
What would make you want me again?
What’s the one thing about our sex life you’d change if you knew I wouldn’t get hurt?
Questions
About the Past Year
What was the hardest moment for you this year?
What was the moment you felt closest to me?
What was the moment you felt furthest?
What did I do this year that hurt you and you let it slide?
What did I do this year that meant more than you said?
What’s something you forgave me for without telling me?
What’s something you’re still holding?
What’s something you’d do differently if you had this year back?
What did you learn about us this year?
What did you learn about yourself?
Questions About Money
What scares you about our finances?
What do you wish we did differently with money?
What do you secretly want to spend money on?
What do you resent paying for?
What would you do if money wasn’t a factor?
How do you really feel about who earns what?
What does financial security mean to you now?
What would have to change for you to feel safe about money?
What conversation about money have we been avoiding?
Questions About Dreams
What do you want for yourself this next year?
What’s a dream you’ve stopped saying out loud?
What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?
What would you do if you knew I’d support it fully?
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