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War In The Pacific National Historical Park

Piti

• Type: Place

Above the village of Piti, sit three large Japanese Vickers-type Model 3 140mm coastal defense guns, the remains of hastily constructed fortifications build on the eve of the American invasion of Guam. As the Americans conquered more and more territory in the Pacific, the Japanese forced the CHamoru to build fortifications and install artillery and costal defense guns on Guam under brutal conditions. 

Everglades National Park

Everglades Wilderness Waterway

• Type: Place

The wilderness of Everglades National Park is very different from other places you may have boated, paddled, or camped. It can be confusing and difficult to navigate as the mazes of mangrove–lined creeks and bays all begin to look the same. With proper planning, you can avoid the frustration and hours wasted from getting lost. The 99-mile Wilderness Waterway attracts interest because it connects Flamingo and Ev-erglades City. Most paddlers allow at least eight days to complet

Grand Canyon National Park

Market Plaza - Eastbound Bus Stop - Village (Blue) Route

• Type: Place

Located within Market Plaza, this shuttle stop is on the north side of Parking Lot B, right next to Yavapai Lodge (lodging, gifts, souvenirs, dining). Two J1772 EV charging stations are nearby. Across the parking lot from here, you can see Canyon Village Market and Deli (general store with groceries, souvenirs, and hiking gear), and the U.S. Post Office. From this bus stop, shuttles continue eastbound to Grand Canyon Visitor Center. Visit the link for the current schedule.

Grand Canyon National Park

Market Plaza - Westbound Bus Stop - Village (Blue) Route

• Type: Place

Crossing the road from this shuttle stop is Yavapai Lodge (lodging, dining, tavern, gifts). Walking around to the other side of the lodge is Market Plaza, on the west side of Parking Lot B. At Market Plaza, the South Rim's business center, you will find the Village Market & Deli (general store, groceries, souvenirs, hiking gear), public restrooms, and the U.S. Post Office. A number of EV Charging Stations are nearby. Visit the link for the current schedule.

Stonewall National Monument

Stormé DeLarverie

• Type: Person

Stormé DeLarverie was a butch lesbian with zero tolerance for discrimination, or as she called it, “ugliness.” She was born in New Orleans on Christmas Eve to a Black mother and white father. She had a beautiful baritone voice and discovered a love for jazz at a very early age. She started singing in New Orleans clubs at 15, and soon after began touring around Europe, eventually landing in New York City.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

Latinx Experiences at Hanford: Ruben Lemos

• Type: Article

Listen to clips from an oral history interview with Ruben Lemos as he shares his experiences growing up as a child of migrant farm workers. During the 1950s, Ruben and his family traveled year-round to places for work in Washington, Oregon, California, and Arizona. Ruben remembers picking strawberries in the Skagit Valley, asparagus in the Yakima Valley, and cotton in Arizona.

Boston National Historical Park

Micah Bumpo (Bumpus)

• Type: Person

Micah Bumpo enlisted in Waltham, Massachusetts into the company of Capt. Abijah Child, in Col. Thomas Gardner’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Pero Hall

• Type: Person

Pero Hall enlisted in Newbury, Massachusetts into the company of Capt. Jonathan Evans, in Col. James Frye’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the redoubt.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

George W. Childs Park

• Type: Place

George W. Childs Park is ADA Accessible from the parking area to the first two viewing platforms. Beyond those viewing platforms, hikers can take walkways and stairs down along the ravine to view multiple waterfalls. Pets are NOT permitted at this site.

Boston African American National Historic Site

Site of Lewis Howard's House

• Type: Place

Freedom seeker Lewis Howard lived at 170 Cambridge Street. While living here, Howard and his wife adopted a formerly enslaved child, Ellen Starr, and assisted other freedom seekers who came to Boston.

Independence National Historical Park

Letter from James Forten to William Lloyd Garrison – February 23, 1831

• Type: Article

This is a letter that James Forten wrote to William Lloyd Garrison on February 23, 1831. Forten discussed abolitionism, apprenticeships for children, and seeing Black Revolutionary War soldiers in Philadelphia as a child.

Independence National Historical Park

PA Gradual Abolition of Slavery Act - March 1, 1780

• Type: Article

In 1780 the Pennsylvania Assembly passed the Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery into law. It was the first of several legislative enactments to abolish slavery in the states between 1780 and 1804. The act stated, “every Negro and Mulatto child born within the state after the passing of the Act would be free upon reaching age twenty-eight.”

Boston National Historical Park

Old State House

• Type: Place

Built in 1713, this historic landmark served as the seat of colonial and state governments as well as a merchants’ exchange. In 1761 patriot James Otis opposed British Writs of Assistance here, inspiring John Adams to state, “then and there the child independence was born.” Nine years later, the building bore witness to the Boston Massacre, and on July 18, 1776, Bostonians heard the Declaration of Independence for the first time, read from the balcony of the building.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Prince Dunsick

• Type: Person

Prince Dunsick was an African man, kidnapped as a child, enslaved in Massachusetts, and enlisted in the Continental Army. His story is representative of so many forgotten soldiers of African descent, who fought in the American Revolution on behalf of a nation that didn't always recognize them.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Jeshurun Leach

• Type: Person

Jeshurun Leach (born 1760) of Middleborough, Massachusetts, was the youngest child born into a large extended family which adamantly supported the American Revolution. At age 16, Jeshurun followed his older brothers into the service. In April 1777 he enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Eddy’s company of Colonel Gamaliel Bradford’s (14th) Massachusetts Regiment for a three-year term.

Yellowstone National Park

EV Charging Station (NPS Headquarters)

• Type: Place

Saratoga National Historical Park

Benjamin Reed

• Type: Person

Benjamin Reed (born 1748) of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, and his wife Levina were the proud parents of three young children when the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775. In 1776, Ben joined the cause to fight British tyranny when he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant and Adjutant in the 13th Continental Regiment. He served with Washington’s army throughout 1776 and participated in the Trenton Campaign. It was at this time that the Reeds’ fourth child was born.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Benjamin Collamer, Jr.

• Type: Person

Benjamin Collamer, Jr. (born 1756) of Scituate, Massachusetts, was the eldest child of six and the only son of Benjamin, Sr. and Hannah. Benjamin, Sr. served in the French and Indian War and took up the carpentry trade. Benjamin Jr. may have planned to follow in his father’s footsteps, but such things were put on hold with the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Abner Robinson

• Type: Person

Abner Robinson (born 1762) of Bridgewater, Massachusetts was the middle child of 14. The Robinsons’ children were willing to join the fight for independence in 1777: James and Watson signed up, as did their 14-year-old brother Abner. Although Abner was too young to be in the militia in the first place, the young teen was nevertheless now an underage enlistee in the Army of the United States.

William Kirtley

• Type: Person

Kirtley arrived in Nicodemus in November 1878. He believed that owning land encouraged self-sufficiency. His passion, however, was education. As a child denied the chance to learn to read and write, he arrived in Nicodemus carrying books. He worked with other community members to organize the community's first school and permitted the students to use the books that he had brought with him.