Congrats — You Completed the America 250 History Hunt!
Thank you for exploring The Jefferson, DC and discovering the stories hidden throughout our main floor. Each clue connects to a person, place, object, or tradition tied to America’s founding.
Answer Key
1. The wealthy French orphan who volunteered to serve in the Revolutionary War as a teenager
Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette, located above the Concierge Desk.
2. The immigrant known as the “Swiss Founding Father”
Portrait of Albert Gallatin, located in the Gallatin Room.
3. An early American warship
Painting located in the Book Room.
4. An eagle symbolically “holding” the 13 original colonies together
Girandole mirror on the back wall of The Greenhouse.
5. Pictures of an English aristocratic sport popular in some American colonies
Foxhunting pictures located in the Book Room.
6. A bottle of the same kind of drink the Founders used to toast the Declaration of Independence
Madeira, found at the Madeira Bar.
7. A replica of a chair Jefferson designed and sometimes used with his portable writing desk
High-back chair in the East Cabinet Room.
8. The person appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in 1775
Portrait of George Washington, located between Front Office and the Book Room. You may also spot him in Quill, directly opposite the bar.
9. An Indigenous American whose tribe is also the name of one of the original 13 colonies
Delaware chief portrait, located in the corridor next to the East Cabinet Room.
10. The hotel’s namesake presenting the Declaration of Independence to the Continental Congress
Artwork located diagonally across from the bar in Quill. You can also find a copperplate version in the Book Room.
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