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North Kingstown, Rhode Island was the home of U.S. Naval Air Station (NAS) Quonset Point. The NAS was the main shipping facility for the Lend-Lease Program and a major naval base for both ships and airplanes. It was also the site of the first “quonset hut”, a lightweight military building that was easy to manufacture and assemble. The Navy also established Camp Endicott at Davisville, North Kingstown, as the main training facility for Navy Construction Batallions (Seabees).
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Henry Johnson (1850-1904)
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Henry Johnson was born enslaved in 1850. He enlisted in the cavalry in 1867. By October 1879, he reached the rank of sergeant. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Milk River, October 2-5, 1879. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 23, Lot 16547.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Brent Woods
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Brent Woods, who became a sergeant in the Buffalo Soldiers, was born enslaved in 1855. He earned the Medal of Honor for his valor in New Mexico on August 19, 1881. He is buried in Mill Springs National Cemetery in Nancy, Kentucky.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Hanford Downwinders: Trisha Thompson Pritikin
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Trisha Pritikin is a lawyer, writer, mother, downwinder, and most of all, an ardent activist. She served on the Hanford Health Effects Subcommittee (HHES), run by the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). She has demanded accountability from federal agencies addressing civilian downwinder issues, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), The National Academy of Science (NAS), and the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH).
Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
What we are learning from Nataeł Na’
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Read the abstract and link to a paper on the findings from an archaeological site that may increase understanding of human migration from the Bering Land Bridge: White, J. T., A. Henry, S. Kuehn, M. G. Loso, and J. T. Rasic. 2022. Terminal Pleistocene human occupation of the upper Copper River basin, southern Alaska: Results of test excavations at Nataeł Na’. Quaternary International.
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The following two publications assess different methods for determining burn severity at a landscape scale. The case study, Assessing Wildfire Burn Severity and Its Relationship with Environmental Factors: A Case Study in Interior Alaska Boreal Forest, reviews various remote sensing methods for assessing burn severity at Shovel Creek and Nugget Creek fire in Fairbanks. The second article utilizes composite landsat imagery to assess burn severity in boreal forests of NA.
Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
MaVynee "Beach Lady" Betsch
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MaVynee Oshun Betsch, better known as the “Beach Lady,” was an environmental activist. She worked to preserve and protect a historically African-American beach on Florida’s Atlantic coast.
César E. Chávez National Monument
Martyr's Rock
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Martyr's Rock is dedicated to the people who lost their lives during the struggle for civil rights for the farmworkers who feed America. The three metal symbols mounted on top of this rock formation represent the people who died during the grape strikes. Five martyrs are honored here: Nan Freeman, Nagi Daifallah, Juan De La Cruz, Rufino Contreras, and Rene Lopez. The Christian Cross, a Star of David, and a Muslim Crescent Moon represent their different faiths and backgrounds.
Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
American Beach Nana Sand Dune
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Aleutian Islands World War II National Historic Area
Howard Rummel
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Howard Rummel served in the Navy on NAS Attu from Sept 1944 – Jan 1946.
Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
Geolinguistic Evidence of Dene Presence at High-water Levels of Glacial Lake Atna.
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Kari (2019) introduces a theory of Na-Dene prehistory, "the Proto-Dene Lex Loci" that derives from Lexware dictionary files and cumulative place name for seven adjacent Alaska Dene languages. To investigate Dene prehistory in the Copper River and circum–Glacial Lake Atna (GLA) region, we discuss a selection of 67 Dene place names from seven Dene languages in four Alaska river basins.
Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
Nic'anilen Na': A Partnership in Conservation, Stewardship, and Education.
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Nic anilen Na Partnerships WISE
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Few historic places in the Pacific are as intriguing as Nan Madol. The city ruins are on a coral reef in a lagoon on the tiny island of Temwen, adjacent to the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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Kamakahonu, the residence of Kamehameha I, is located at the north end of Kailua Bay in Kailua-Kona on the Island of Hawai'i.
Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve
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Visit one of the last unspoiled coastal wetlands on the Atlantic Coast. Discover 6,000 years of human history and experience the beauty of salt marshes, coastal dunes, and hardwood hammocks. The Timucuan Preserve includes Kingsley Plantation, home to 25 original slave cabins.