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National Mall and Memorial Parks
Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II
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Honoring Japanese Americans who were sent to incarceration camps during World War II, the memorial features a zen garden-like design and a powerful sculpture of cranes entangled in barbed wire.
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Dr. Benjamin Church Jr., initially a supporter of the American Revolution and the first Surgeon General of the United States, was later exposed as a spy for the British. His involvement in the Revolutionary War is marked by a dramatic shift from being an esteemed physician and political figure to being court-martialed and banished for espionage, ultimately leading to his disappearance at sea.
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An American feminist, suffragist, suspected spy, prisoner of war and surgeon, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker remains the only women ever to receive the Medal of Honor, which she was awarded for her service during the Civil War.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
Walter Butler
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One of the most infamous American Loyalists of the Revolution, Butler was born in 1752 in the Mohawk Valley. He studied law and entered into practice in Albany. Butler’s Father, John Butler had been a longtime friend of Sir William Johnson and served under him in the British Indian department.
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Harriet Tubman has long been associated with her extraordinary work with abolitionist causes and as the Underground Railroad's most famous "conductor." Her heroic efforts in personally leading approximately 70 people out of slavery to freedom in the North defined her as the "Moses of her People."
Homestead National Historical Park
Austin Roberts
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This story about Austin Roberts begins when his name appears on a death certificate, but not his own. He was listed as the father of Harry Eddings(sp), a homesteader in Coffee County. Harry died in Caryville, Florida on April 29, 1921, after being in residence there for only 15 days. Based on his death certificate, his burial was in Coffee County, Alabama on April 30, 1921.
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Hard Labor Creek State Park is located in Rutledge, GA. The park is one of ten Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)-built state parks in Georgia and contains the only extant CCC Camp, Camp SP-8, built for the workers. Two CCC camps were located at Hard Labor Creek, SP-8 and SP-11. Their projects included damming Hard Labor Creek and clearing land to create Lake Rutledge and Lake Brantley, building roads and bridges, reforesting land, constructing telephone lines, etc.
Shiloh National Military Park
Corinth Tour #1, Stop #3 - Dr. Stout's House
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Tucked away in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois a monument dedicated to the one of the most important events American labor history, the Haymarket Affair, and the four men who were hanged in connection with its events.
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Fort Stevens is one of many fortifications that surrounded Washington, DC, during the Civil War and the place where President Abraham Lincoln came under fire from Confederate forces.
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Fort Reno was originally named Fort Pennsylvania, and was built during the winter of 1861 shortly after the disastrous defeat of the Union Army at the First Battle of Manassas. In charge of construction of the defenses around Washington was Brig. Gen. John G. Barnard, Col. of Engineers, U.S. Army. Barnard chose the location of Fort Reno for its strategic importance in guarding the Rockville Pike (present-day Wisconsin Avenue NW).
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Several changes that took place leading up to and because of World War I influenced America in the Second World War. People, products, ideas, and information moved faster and on a more global scale than any time before. And an increasingly small number of individuals controlled increasingly large methods of production – and wealth.
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The attacks of December 7, 1941 that began at Pearl Harbor were not the only targets of America's enemies. By the time World War II was over, Japanese forces had attacked the US mainland and almost all American territories in the Pacific. Some of these places of the Greater United States fell under enemy occupation. In the Atlantic, German U-boats targeted cargo ships. Germany, Japan, and Russia all had operatives and spies living and working across the country.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
People of the AEC: William Borden
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Although William Borden was not a part of the Manhattan Project during World War II, he became a powerful influence on its successor, the Atomic Energy Commission. Borden had become concerned with Robert Oppenheimer’s stances on nuclear policy and spent considerable time with the scientist’s security file. In November 1953, Borden sent the FBI a long letter warning the agency of his concerns.
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As far as we know there weren’t any real ranger spies operating in national parks, but the National Park Service (NPS) did use secret codes to communicate. That's spy-like, right? Fortunately, enough time has passed that we can tell you without, you know...
Presidio of San Francisco
Patriotism and Prejudice: Japanese Americans and World War II
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One of the most poignant and sadly ironic home front stories of World War II has deep connections to the Presidio. Even as Presidio officers issued orders to relocate Americans of Japanese ancestry to internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, a secret military language school trained Japanese American soldiers only a half mile away.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Combahee River Ferry & Harriet Tubman Bridge
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The Combahee River Ferry crossing is marked by the Harriet Tubman Memorial Bridge, where Tubman and African American soldiers of the 2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry emancipated of over 750 enslaved people in June 1863 during the Combahee River Raid.
Minute Man National Historical Park
Elisha Jones House, 1740
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The Elisha Jones, “Bullet Hole House,” built near 1740, boasts a rich history. Only yards from the bloody fighting at Concord’s North Bridge the house is thought to bare the scar of a British musket ball aimed at Elisha Jones on April 19, 1775. In the 19th century the home witnessed the construction and evolution of Concord’s Historical narrative through the life of U.S. Marshal John Shepard Keyes.
Minute Man National Historical Park
Colonel James Barrett House, 1705
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This house was built in 1705 by Benjamin Barrett, father of James Barrett. On April 19, 1775 British Regulars searched this home looking for stores of artillery and ammunition. Though they found nothing there, Colonel James Barrett and members of his family played significant roles in the first battle of the American Revolutionary War.