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Nicodemus National Historic Site
School District Number 1
- Type: Place
Nicodemus residents saw education as foundational to their community and organized School District No. 1 in 1879, the first in Graham County. After the previous 1887 schoolhouse burned down in 1916, the District No. 1 Schoolhouse was built in 1918 and used by the district until it closed in the early 1960s.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: Edgemoor Gate
- Type: Place
A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing the Edgemoor Gate, one of seven armed checking stations operating during and after the Manhattan Project.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Thoburn's Redoubt
- Type: Place
The Confederate surprise attack in the pre-dawn fog of October 19, 1864 struck here against the 8th Corps first, then drove the rest of the Federal troops from their camps around Belle Grove Plantation.
- Type: Person
Mrs. Recy Taylor was just 24 years old when she was brutally raped by six white men in Alabama. Upholding the Black woman's tradition of testimony and protest, Taylor actively participated in the pursuit to bring her attackers to justice. Though the men were acquitted in two separate trials, Taylor's courage speaks to the resolve of Black women to channel their pain and anger into political anger. We honor Taylor as an ancestor for teaching us a lesson on courage.
- Type: Person
Before Shirley Graham married W.E.B. Du Bois in 1951, she had earned a national reputation as a playwright, composer, conductor, director, and author. Born to a A.M.E. minister and a European mother, Graham was raised to appreciate Black culture and music. From a young age, her parents instilled in her the importance of social justice and the uplift of the Black Community. For her lifelong dedication, we honor her as an ancestor.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant
- Type: Place
The K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant was the largest building in the world during the Manhattan Project, longer than two Empire State Buildings laid side by side. The plant used the gaseous diffusion method, one of three methods the Manhattan Project used to produce enriched uranium. K-25 no longer exists. Visitors to the K-25 History Center are able to view the location where it once stood.
Boston National Historical Park
Frances Winifred Williams
- Type: Person
Frances Williams worked as a welder in the Charlestown Navy Yard and South Boston Annex during World War II. Her oral history provides a unique perspective as to what it was like working at the Yard during World War II.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Trinity Site, NM
- Type: Place
On July 16, 1945, Manhattan Project scientists detonated the world’s first atomic device, known as “the Gadget,” at 5:29 am Mountain War Time. The US Army conducted the test at the Trinity Site in the Jornada del Muerto desert about 210 miles (337 km) south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Today the Trinity Site is part of the White Sands Missile Range and can only be visited during a Trinity Site Open House, typically hosted twice a year.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: Cedar Hill School
- Type: Place
A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing Cedar Hill School, one of several schools built for the Secret City's children during the Manhattan Project.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: S-50 Thermal Diffusion Plant
- Type: Place
A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing the S-50 Plant, one of three uranium enrichment facilities that operated during the Manhattan Project.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: From Little Boy to Big Fun
- Type: Place
A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing recreational activities during the Manhattan Project.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: Atomic City ABCs
- Type: Place
A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing the different types of houses offered to White residents during the Manhattan Project.
- Type: Article
Read the abstract and link to a paper that describes increasing temperatures and their effects on permafrost in northern parks: Swanson, D. K., P. J. Sousanes, and K. Hill. 2021. Increased mean annual temperatures in 2014-2019 indicate permafrost thaw in Alaskan national parks. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 53(1): 1-19.
- Type: Place
Dwight Eisenhower returned to Abilene on June 22, 1945 to a parade welcoming him home and honoring his leadership in Europe during World War II. After watching the celebration, his grateful acceptance of the recognition began with the above quote. He went on to say that this parade was not just for him; he was only a "symbol" of the soldiers, sailors and airmen who helped bring Allied victory.
- Type: Place
On a pedestal at the northwest plaza entrance, a life-size sculpture of Eisenhower as a young man depicts the trajectory of his life as the quintessential American story. Inscribed in stone nearby is an excerpt from Eisenhower's Abilene Homecoming Speech on June 22, 1945.
War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Type-C Japanese Midget Submarine
- Type: Place
In front of the T. Stell Newman Visitor Center at War in the Pacific National Historical Park in Guam stands the last Type-C Japanese midget submarine in existence.
Boston National Historical Park
Valentino Dominelli
- Type: Person
Valentino Dominelli, a watertender aboard USS Cassin Young, was the son of immigrants from Italy. A watertender was a crewman aboard a steam-powered ship and was responsible for tending to the fires and boilers in the ship's engine room. "Dom" died in action when a kamikaze plane struck USS Cassin Young on July 30, 1945.
Boston National Historical Park
Walter Budd Wimley
- Type: Person
Walt Wimley enlisted in the US Navy on September 11, 1942. He served aboard USS CASSIN YOUNG in the ship's engineering department as a Machinist Mate 1st Class in 1944 and 1945. He died in action aboard Cassin Young off the coast of Okinawa on July 30, 1945.
- Type: Person
Jude Hall enlisted in Exeter, New Hampshire into Capt. Jacob Hinds' company, in Col. James Reed’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Boston National Historical Park
Joseph James Barnes
- Type: Person
Joseph J. Barnes was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 27, 1917. He enlisted in the Navy on September 23, 1942 as an Apprentice Seaman (AS). After studying to be a machinist at a Service School, Barnes graduated as a fireman 2nd class. In 1943, he reported to destroyer training before joining the crew of the USS Cassin Young. In serving on the Cassin Young, he joined the Pacific front of World War II. Barnes was killed in action from a kamikaze attack.