✨ Final Submission Puzzle: Fill in the Blanks
From the roar of (1) ___________, strong and wise,
To the minds of (2) ___________, where true myth never dies.
With (3) ___________ voice in the halls of despair,
Hope was spoken into the air.
Beneath the arch where prisoners sighed,
The (4,5) ___________ holds exile’s cry.
Then waters fell in endless streams,
At (6) ___________, where history dreams.
In (6) ___________, where limestone sings,
The past still echoes in waterfalls and springs.
A boy named (7) ___________, born of earth and hay,
Descended from the (7b) ___________, far away.
From proud (8) ___________ turned by flame,
To faithful (10b) ___________, who bore His name.
Through the fires of the (10) ___________,
To a (11) ___________ sent to New France’s shore.
What ties them all—from bridge to lion,
From empire lost to dawns undying?
🕊️ Final Answer: (12) _____________________
Math Challenge – “A Story in Time”
Using the numbers hidden in your family’s legacy and European history, solve the following:
Start with the number of years between the building of the Lutz Barn and the birth of L.A. Lutz.
➕ Add the year Widukind was baptized, when Charlemagne’s mission changed a warrior’s heart.
➖ Subtract the year St. Augustine of Canterbury was sent by Pope Gregory the Great to convert a king in Kent.
➕ Add the year Martin Lütz was born in Strasbourg, as tensions in the Empire flared.
What is your final total?
If this were a year, what famous person died in exile in that year?