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Seeing, Sensing, SustainingSome months ago, reading The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean, one delicious passage halted my reading. “Her distant past is preserved,” wrote Dean. more... |
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Power of Place Online travel itinerary takes a new look at the Presidents. Peering out from currency and official portraits, the American presidents often seem like
the stuff of grammar school recitation, monuments, and the naming of public buildings. more... |
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Preserving the Nation's Heritage One Grant at a TimeWhen Francis Scott Key spent the rainy night of September 13, 1814, watching the British bombardment of
Fort McHenry—a pivotal battle in theWar of 1812—he had only one question in his mind.Which flag would fly in
the morning? The Union Jack or the Stars and Stripes. more... |
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Building Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun RoadGoing-to-the-Sun Road was not just a way to convey people into
Glacier’s inaccessible interior, itwas an explicit effort to put the landscape
on display. more...
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State of MysteryDrawn by fertile soil and abundant river valleys, the first European settlers of what is now Ohio marveled at the mysterious earthworks they
found. Ranging from mounds to sculpted shapes, the monumental architecture was the work of advanced Native American societies that predated
the newcomers by over a thousand years. more... |