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Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Plan Your Trip
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You can visit four public sites at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park! Let us help you plan your time for the best experience.
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Historic Sotterley, a National Historic Landmark and UNESCO Site of Memory, preserves over 300 years of history, offering powerful stories of the past alongside scenic trails, gardens, and views of the Patuxent River.
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The United Nations wall is the granite curb on the north side of the statues. This wall lists the 22 countries that gave combat or medical support to the UN forces.
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For Americans, indeed for people around the world, there is no more potent symbol of individual freedom than Independence Hall. This World Heritage Site is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the dream of a free country of independent citizens became fact.
Yellowstone National Park
Garnet Hill Loop Trailhead (2K2)
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Situated in Pleasant Valley near Tower Junction, this trailhead provides access to the following trail:- Garnet Hill Loop TrailThere is very limited parking at this trailhead. However, a large parking lot is located at the Tower Junction Trailhead just to the south. Garnet Hill Loop Trail This moderate 7.6-mile (12.2-km) loop trail follows a dirt stagecoach road through sagebrush meadows to Yancy's creek. The trail continues north along Elk Creek through meadows and forest un
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Un-bee-lievable Find on Mt. Tamalpais: A Rare Bee Lost For Decades
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Leaf-cutter ants may get all the nature documentary attention, but have you ever seen a leaf-cutter bee? They are no less amazing, tidily snipping pieces of leaves or petals and using them, sometimes along with tree resin, to build their uniquely shaped burrows. The Bay Area is home to an endemic leaf-cutter bee species—the San Francisco leaf-cutter bee. But no one had recorded this special status species since 1980—until now!
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Espada Dam
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Acequia systems began with a dam that would raise the water level. The dam diverted water from the San Antonio river and forced it into hand dug earthen ditches that carried the water to farms around the missions. Eventually emptying back into the San Antonio River. The Espada Dam still diverts water from the river into the Espada acequia system, the oldest continually used acequia system in San Antonio.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Espada Aqueduct
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The Espada Aqueduct is the oldest Spanish aqueduct in the United States. The aqueduct carries water over Six-mile creek (historically piedras creek) connecting the ditches.
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The Maritime Washington National Heritage Area tells a nationally important story of maritime heritage, from Native American canoe cultures to industrial working waterfronts, that shaped western Washington and contributes today to our development as a nation.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Intern Spotlight: World Heritage USA Intern Christl Høj Hansen
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Meet Christl! She is the 2024 World Heritage USA Intern at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. Christl works alongside National Park Service staff to learn important job skills and address cultural resources projects such as collections management, integrated pest management, museum housekeeping, and research during her time at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
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Mission Espada was the first mission in Texas, founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas near present-day Weches, Texas. In 1731, the mission was relocated to the San Antonio River area and renamed Mission San Francisco de la Espada. Explore the mission grounds, church, and museum.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Mission Concepción
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Originally founded in 1716 in eastern Texas, Mission Concepcion was relocated to the present site in 1731. The thick weathered church and convento (priest’s residence) walls and roofs of Mission Concepcion still stand tall 250 years later making the church one of the oldest unrestored stone churches in the United States.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Mission San Juan
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Originally founded in 1716 in eastern Texas, Mission San Juan was relocated in 1731 to its present location along the banks of the San Antonio River. You can walk the mission grounds, visit the museum, hike the Yanaguana trail, and visit the historical farm and acequia system.
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On Saturday, October 14, over 600 people gathered at Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. They were there to celebrate the creative genius of the American Indian people we now call the Hopewell culture, who designed and constructed earthen mounds and earthworks in southern Ohio along the banks and tributaries of the Scioto River.
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Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is located in one of the Northern Pacific Ocean’s most isolated island archipelagos. Covering 139,797 square miles of tumultuous seas, craggy basaltic islets and low coral atolls, this World Heritage Site contains a world of superlatives.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Podcast 080: Rapid Digital Documentation of Endangered Cultural Sites
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Jason Church speaks with Kacey Hadick, Heritage and Conservation Program Manager at CyArk, CyArk’s Digital Documentation Kits for the rapid documentation of endangered cultural sites.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Mission San José Gristmill
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The gristmill at Mission San Jose was the first gristmill in Texas.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Podcast 127: The Past and Future of UNESCO World Heritage After 50 Years
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The 50 year anniversary of the World Heritage Convention approaches. Sadie S. Whitehurst speaks with Lynn Meskell about the past and future of UNESCO and World Heritage Site designations, and about her publication "A Future In Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of Peace."
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The purpose of Virgin Islands National Park is to preserve and protect for public benefit and inspiration outstanding scenic features, Caribbean tropical marine and terrestrial ecosystems in their natural conditions, and cultural heritage from pre-Columbian through Danish colonial times
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Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia preserves the buildings, stories, and memory of the people who struggled and continue to struggle to create a nation based on the ideals of liberty and equality.