These United States of America (July 2023)

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Across
  1. 1. Alvin Cullum York, WWI Medal of Honor Recipient
  2. 4. Mary Baker Eddy, Founder of the Church of Christ, Scientist
  3. 6. A. Philip Randolph, American Labor Unionist and Civil Rights Activist
  4. 9. Walter Harper, Alaska Native Mountain Climber; First person to scale Denali in 1913
  5. 10. Louis Armstrong, Jazz Trumpeter
  6. 11. Bruce Lee, Martial Artist/Actor
  7. 12. Queen Liliuokalani, Monarch
  8. 15. Fred Kirschenmann, Leader of the Sustainable Agriculture Movement
  9. 18. Caesar Rodney, Founding Father
  10. 19. Henry Ford, Automaker
  11. 20. Alice Paul, Suffragist
  12. 23. Daniel Boone, Explorer and Frontiersman
  13. 24. Geronimo, Bedonkohe Apache Leader
  14. 25. William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Soldier, Bison Hunter & Showman
  15. 26. Sam Walton, Entrepreneur
  16. 29. Muhammad Ali, Heavyweight Champion Boxer
  17. 32. Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor of Mount Rushmore
  18. 38. Brigham Young, Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  19. 40. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Journalist and Educator
  20. 41. James Brown, Musician and Singer
  21. 44. Elizabeth Buffum Chace, 19th Century American Activist
  22. 45. Jeff Bezos, Entrepreneur
  23. 46. Chester Nimitz, WWII Naval Commander
  24. 47. Pearl Buck, Nobel Prize-Winning Novelist
  25. 48. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Novelist
Down
  1. 2. Virginia Dare, First Person of English Origin born on American soil
  2. 3. Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 Astronaut
  3. 5. Richard E. Byrd, American Naval Officer, first person to fly over North and South Poles
  4. 7. Jack Dempsey, World Heavyweight Champion Boxer
  5. 8. Amelia Earhart, Aviator
  6. 13. Philo Farnsworth, Inventor & Television Pioneer
  7. 14. Martin Luther King, Jr, Minister and Civil Rights Activist
  8. 16. Hank Williams, Country Music Pioneer
  9. 17. Ralph Ellison, Novelist
  10. 20. Malcolm X, Civil Rights Leader
  11. 21. Sojourner Truth, American Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist
  12. 22. Clara Barton, American Nurse & American Red Cross founder
  13. 27. Lewis Terman, American psychologist; Revised Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales
  14. 28. Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota Chief
  15. 30. Noah Webster, "Webster's Dictionary"
  16. 31. George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Baseball Player
  17. 33. Chief Joseph, Wallowa Nez Perce Leader
  18. 34. Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
  19. 35. Bill Gates, Entrepreneur and business magnate
  20. 36. Ernest Hemingway, Novelist
  21. 37. Jackson Pollock, 20th Century Artist
  22. 39. Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Sioux Leader
  23. 40. Steven King, Novelist
  24. 42. George Washington Carver, Scientist and Inventor
  25. 43. James E. Casey, Founder of American Messenger Company (known today as UPS)