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Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Mansion
- Type: Place
Originally built in 1805 by Charles Marsh Sr., father of George Perkins Marsh, the federal-style brick house was sold to Frederick Billings in 1869. Billings renovated the home into a Queen Anne style mansion. In 1954, Billings' granddaughter, Mary French Rockefeller, inherited the home and estate with her husband, Laurance Rockefeller. In 1992, the couple donated the property to the National Park Service. Interior tours are available May-October.
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Carriage Barn Visitor Center
- Type: Place
The Carriage Barn was built on the foundation of an earlier stable in 1895 to house the Billings Family horses, carriages and sleighs. The building is currently used as the headquarters and visitor center for Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. The building is open 10am-5pm, Memorial Day weekend until October 31. The building contains an exhibit on conservation stewardship, a bookstore, reading area, and restrooms.
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Elizabeth Billings
- Type: Person
When even the sharpest female minds were denied ranks above "amateur”, Elizabeth Billings (1871-1944) nonetheless achieved enough to impress a modern-day botanist. Her accomplishments included cultivating various gardens, experimenting in farming, managing the family estate, and cataloging hundreds of plants.
Chesapeake Bay
Woodend Nature Sanctuary
- Type: Place
Woodend Nature Sanctuary offers 40 acres of restored forests, meadows, and streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it features nature trails, interactive exhibits, a nature playground and an historic mansion. Visitors can explore diverse habitats, learn about conservation efforts, and experience the connections between people and nature. Engaging signage and hands-on programs make it a welcoming destination for all ages.
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
Winston Churchill
- Type: Person
His fame grew to the point that in 1899, the British Winston Churchill wrote to the American writer of the same name, praising his novel and promising to always use “Spencer” as his middle name to help prevent confusion going forward.
- Type: Article
Margaret is one of Hampton’s longest serving volunteers and has seen nearly 40 years of change in the park, its visitation, and how the site’s collection of historic structures and over 45,000-object collection are used to interpret the stories of those who lived and labored at the once 25,000-acre plantation.
- Type: Article
Highlighting one of our amazing and passionate volunteers, Tom Lonegro, and how he began giving tours at the Hampton Mansion.
- Type: Article
From underground mycorrhizal networks to ultrasonic sound emissions and chemical signaling through the air. The plants and trees of the forest have a language and ability to communicate that science is only beginning to understand.
Rock Creek Park
Meridian Hill Park
- Type: Place
Meridian Hill Park, a few blocks north of the White House, features unique statues, concrete aggregate architecture, and the largest cascading fountains in North America.
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Statue of the Siene in the Shadow
- Type: Article
Sitting in the shadow of the Mansion Garden is the sculpture The Seine or “Baigneuse Drapée”. It reflects an appreciation for art in nature from the Rockefeller Family and demonstrated history of conservation that the park continues today.
- Type: Place
The curved, five-part layout of the Thomas Stone House, along with its casual symmetry and mixed architectural styles truly make it a visual showcase.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Pap Dandridge aka Uncle Stephen
- Type: Person
This African American man was enslaved in the Shenandoah Valley before the Civil War. After emancipation, he chose to remain in the region the rest of his life. His full identity remains unrecorded.
- 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.
- Type: Place
“Kilroy was here”, accompanied by a cartoon drawing of a man looking over a wall, was a popular piece of graffiti drawn by American troops in the Atlantic Theater and then later in the Pacific Theater. It came to be a universal sign that American soldiers had come through an area and left their mark. There are two Kilroy inscriptions hidden in the memorial tucked in the corners of both the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the memorial. Can you find them?
Fort Stanwix National Monument
William Gifford
- Type: Person
Gifford was a young man when he joined the Continental Army. He witnessed and participated in the events surrounding the Siege of 1777. He later fought in the War of 1812.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Martha "Mittie" Bulloch Roosevelt
- Type: Person
Meet the mother of the future 26th United States President!
- Type: Person
Francis Lord Rawdon, later Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Earl of Moira, was an Irish-Anglo army officer and politician, who served the British empire faithfully from service as a young man throughout the American Revolution through the French Revolutionary Wars, capping his career with a decade as Governor-General of India.
- Type: Person
Private Sampson Yearney of Medford, Massachusetts was a free man of color who enlisted for service during the American Revolution. Sampson serviced multiple enlistments and died in service near Peekskill, New York on March 7, 1779.
- Type: Person
Caesar Ferrit, a Caribbean immigrant who fought at Lexington, Massachusetts alongside Patriot militia on April 19, 1775. Caesar settled in Natick, Ma and was said to have "the blood of four nations," African, Indigenous, French, and Dutch.