Mayflower Passenger
Stephen Hopkins was a merchant and tanner by trade who came across the ocean on the Mayflower. He also signed the Mayflower Compact.

New Hampshire Representative
A merchant and Brigadier General in the New Hampshire Militia, William Whipple Jr. signed the Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Hampshire.

First Lady
Jane Means Appleton Pierce was an American First Lady and the wife of President Franklin Pierce. The social obligations of First Lady were a constant struggle for her, but she found solace in her close friends.

Mayflower Passenger
John Allerton came to North America with the Pilgrims on the Mayflower, and signed the Mayflower Compact. He did not survive the first winter of the voyage.

Mayflower Passenger
George Soule signed the Mayflower Compact and was one of the 102 original pilgrims to land in Plymouth.

English Poet
England's Poet Laureate from 1843 through 1850, William Wordsworth began what is now referred to as the Romantic Age in literature. "The Prelude" is considered one of Wordsworth's most notable and applauded poems.

First Lady
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt. As First Lady, she had strong character, sound judgment and good household management skills.

Connecticut Representative
Samuel Huntington signed the Articles of Confederation as a member of the Continental Congress. Later he signed the Declaration of Independence as Governor of Connecticut.

First Lady
Jane Means Appleton Pierce was an American First Lady and the wife of President Franklin Pierce. The social obligations of First Lady were a constant struggle for her, but she found solace in her close friends.

American soldier, diplomat, author, painter
After a military career aiding George Washington, John Trumbull went abroad to paint. His skill as an artist went largely unnoticed until the U.S. Senate commissioned him to paint 4 war paintings which now hang in the U.S. Capitol. He went on to be president of the American Academy of Fine Art.

Mayflower Passenger
William Brewster was the senior elder of the Plymouth Colony and also served as an advisor to Governor Bradford.

Massachusetts Representative
Robert Treat Paine represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress. He signed the Declaration of Independence and later served in the House of Representatives for his state.

Anglo-Irish Priest and Writer
Jonathan Swift is well known for his satirical prose such as Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal. Swift, was also an ordained minister in the Church of Ireland.

Former Prime Minister
Sir Charles Napier Tupper, was a father of Confederation, the sixth Prime Minister of Canada and as of 2006, the one with the shortest term of office (69 days).

First Lady
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe was the wife of President James Monroe. She spent many of her years as First Lady frail and sickly.

American Outlaw
James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok was a legendary gunfighter and law man in the American Wild West. Many characters in Western novels are fashioned after Hickok.

Former Prime Minister
Robert Laird Borden was the 8th Prime Minister of Canada. He was the first Canadian Prime Minister to attend a British cabinet meeting.

Virginia Representative
George Wythe was a slave owner who became an abolitionist. He signed the Declaration and also became the Mayor of Williamsburg Virginia.

Religious Leader
Mary Baker Eddy was an influential American author, teacher, and religious leader, noted for her groundbreaking ideas about spirituality and health, which she named "Christian Science." She articulated those ideas in her major work, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, first published in 1875. Four years later she founded the Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, which today has branch churches and societies around the world. In 1908 she launched The Christian Science Monitor, a leading international newspaper, the recipient, to date, of seven Pulitzer Prizes.

Windsors- Queen of the Commonwealth Realm
Elizabeth II, Queen of the Commonwealth Realm, took the throne upon the death of her father, George VI, in 1952. She is married to the Duke of Edinburgh and currently resides in Buckingham Palace in London.

American-born British Poet
Nobel prize winning poet T.S. Eliot is considered one of the most significant poets of the twentieth century. His most famous works are "The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Waste Land".

American Poet
Boston native Edgar Allan Poe was a progenitor of detective fiction. His life was full of tragedies, including the death of his mother and young wife to tuberculosis. His tragic life inspired many of his works such as "The Raven".

First Lady
Grace Goodhue Coolidge was a strong support to her husband, Calvin Coolidge, during his rise in politics. Her extroverted friendliness brought balance to his shyness.

American Author
Spending 2 years "living simply" in the forest was the premise for Henry David Thoreau's famous book, "Walden". Thoreau also wrote "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience", an essay that encouraged people to prohibit governments from having absolute power.

American Poet
Robert Frost is remembered for his award-winning American poetry. He was the recipient of 4 Pulitzer Prizes and read his poem "The Gift Outright" at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.

English Inventor
Humphry Davy, an English chemist, invented the first electric light. He is also credited with the isolation of many elements through a process we now call electrolysis.

American Inventor
Robert H. Goddard, the father of modern rocketry, once asserted that rocket technology would make it possible to get to the moon. This claim was mocked and scoffed at by the public until Goddard launched the world's first liquid fueled rocket on March 16, 1926 and continued his rocket research until his death in 1945.

American Writer
Edgar Lee Masters is the author of several biographies, books of poetry, plays and novels. His most famous work is "Spoon River Anthology" which was inspired by his experiences growing up in Illinois.

American Author
John Steinbeck's writing is characterized by portrayals of working class families in California. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature as well as the Pulitzer Prize. Two of his most famous works are The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men.

American Inventor
George Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Co. and invented roll film. His invention was also a precursor for motion picture film.

American Writer
Edgar Lee Masters is the author of several biographies, books of poetry, plays and novels. His most famous work is "Spoon River Anthology" which was inspired by his experiences growing up in Illinois.

American Actor
Eldred Gregory Peck was an Oscar-winning actor and is considered one of the most handsome leading men of all time. He acted in films such as "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Twelve O'clock High", "The Guns of Navarone", and "McArthur".

American Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright was an influential American architect. Pioneering the prairie style house and designing the Guggenheim Museum in New York are two of his most famous accomplishments.

Aviator
Charles Kingsford Smith was an Australian Aviation Pioneer. He was a legendary pilot who was the first to fly from the U.S. to Australia, and the first to fly non-stop across Australia.