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War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Assan/Asan Beach
- Type: Place
During the Japanese occupation of Guam, CHamoru were forced to build defenses on the beach, including the pillboxes and bunkers that can still be seen today, in preparation for the American invasion. That invasion came on July 21, 1944, W Day for Guam. While a simultaneous attack took place five miles south at Hågat, the Third Marine Division landed on the 2,500-yard Assan Beach, marking the start of the Battle of Guam.
Moores Creek National Battlefield
A Trap is Set Wayside
- Type: Place
Antietam National Battlefield
Dunker Church
- Type: Place
Dunker Church, a meeting house for the German Baptist Brethren who lived in the Sharpsburg area, was the focal point of repeated clashes during the Battle of Antietam as both the Union and Confederate armies sought to occupy and hold the high ground around it.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Imboden's Confederate Artillery
- Type: Place
Manassas National Battlefield Park
1st US Sharpshooters at the Deep Cut
- Type: Place
Boston National Historical Park
Clyde Milton Reasoner
- Type: Person
Clyde Reasoner enlisted in the Navy on November 14, 1944. His mother signed a consent form, because he was only 17 years old. Reasoner reported for duty aboard USS Cassin Young (DD-793) on April 26, 1945. In the early morning hours of July 30, 1945, Cassin Young was hit by a kamikaze for a second time. At 18 years old, Clyde Reasoner was the youngest sailor aboard Cassin Young to die in action.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Chalmers "Chal" Dick
- Type: Person
Chal Dick was part of the police force in Johnstown after the flood. He told stories of Hungarians robbing the dead of valuables.
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.
- Type: Person
Philip Van Cortlandt served as a commander in the Continental Army during multiple campaigns of the American Revolution. Later in life he served as a New York State assemblyman, a state senator, and as a representative for the state in the U.S. Congress,
- Type: Article
Modern conflicts arose at a Civil War battlefield in the 1980s and 90s when rangers prevented two female interpreters from conducting historic demonstrations and living history at Antietam National Battlefield on the basis of their gender. Both women successfully fought for their right to equal opportunity. Their actions ultimately paved the way for full participation of both employees and volunteers, without regard to their race, ethnic background, or gender.
Boston National Historical Park
Arnold William Erickson
- Type: Person
Arnold William Erickson was one of the older sailors on the USS Cassin Young; he enlisted at age 34 in 1942. Stationed aboard USS Cassin Young as a Radioman, he was killed in action after a kamikaze struck Cassin Young early on the morning of July 30, 1945.
Boston National Historical Park
Building 5
- Type: Place
No other building in the Charlestown Navy Yard has had as many strikingly different uses as Building 5, reflecting the complexity of the 175-year history of the U.S. Navy in Boston.
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Rifled Cannon
- Type: Article
How rifled artillery changed the trajectory of warfare.
Saratoga National Historical Park
Evert Mellick
- Type: Person
Evert Mellick enlisted as a soldier in Captain McMyer’s company, Colonel Ogden’s 1st New Jersey Regiment, in January 1777. Unfortunately, we don’t know how old he was or what town he was from. Even his name is somewhat nebulous because it was spelled a variety of ways on military documents. He wasn’t only a soldier—Evert was also a waiter, and he happened to be the waiter to the 1st New Jersey’s major, Joseph Morris.
Yellowstone National Park
Guardhouse (1891)
- Type: Place
The original guardhouse for Fort Yellowstone, built in 1891.
- Type: Person
John Shields was a valuable blacksmith on the Lewis and Clark expedition. He was renowned for being able to craft tools for trade and repair the parties' weapons, including Lewis' air rifle.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Old Indian Trail
- Type: Place
A beautiful loop trail that promises a quieter experience than most trails of Sleeping Bear Dunes, the Old Indian Trail follows a portion of a pathway early Indians established along the coastline and between sites and shorelines where they fished and camped. **Pets are NOT allowed on trail from December 1 to March 31**
Saratoga National Historical Park
Charles McKahan
- Type: Person
Charles McKahan (age unknown) enlisted on Valentine’s Day, 1777, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as a private soldier in Captain Thomas Church’s Company of the 5th Pennsylvania Regiment. He chose to enlist for the indefinite duration of the war, a move which came with 100 acres of land if independence for the United Sates was ultimately secured.
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.
Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park
Captain Wilbur Kelly Transportation Museum
- Type: Place
The Kelly House Museum and Blackstone Canal are located in the Blackstone River State Park. The Captain Wilbur Kelly Museum of Transporation is open and free to the public. The museum is open from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, seven days a week. The park grounds are open daily dawn to dusk. The grounds include access to the Blackstone River, Blackstone Canal, waysides providing historical information, a replica barn and a bicycle path connecting Lincoln to Woonsocket, RI.