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The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa was the site of the last concert performed by Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson hours before a tragic plane accident claimed their lives in February 1959. The performance at the Surf Ballroom has entered American cultural memory and played a major role on the early development of rock 'n' roll music.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Henry Blake Fuller
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Henry Blake Fuller was a key figure in the Chicago Literary Renaissance, renowned for pioneering social realism in American literature. He is noted for being one of the first American novelists to explore homosexual themes. Fuller had a complicated love-hate relationship with Chicago. He frequently found solace at Indiana Dunes, which served as a retreat from urban life and a source for inspiration.
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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859 -1947) began her career as a national women’s rights activist when she addressed the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1890 at their national convention in Washington DC. She quickly became a dedicated writer, lecturer, and recruiter for the suffrage movement. She also worked for peace and was a co-founder of the League of Women Voters.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Lake Michigan Overlook - Stop #9
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Stunning, magnificent, breathtaking, amazing, surreal . . . just WOW! The Lake Michigan Overlook is the crown jewel of the Scenic Drive; no words can really describe its beauty. This is why you came to the dunes, isn't it? The overlook opens to a myriad of blues from shore to horizon, to glorious sunsets, and brilliant night skies.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Aloha Fish Tug
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The seventy year-old fishing tug, Aloha, is a style of fishing boat used for gill net fishing. Fish tugs had closed decks and pilothouses amidships or near the stern were common.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
George Thompson Swank
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George T. Swank was the editor and proprietor of the Johnstown Tribune.
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Lorena Hickok
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Lorena Hickok was one of the top newspaper women in the early 1930s and close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt. Reporting for the New York bureau of the Associated Press, she was a model of success in a field dominated by men. By 1932, she had become the nation’s best-know female reporter. She later work as the chief investigator of New Deal relief programs and served as publicist for the New York World's Fair.
Boston National Historical Park
Site of MAOFESW Office
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Established in 1895, the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women (MAOFESW) served as one of the most influential anti-suffrage organizations in the country.
Boston National Historical Park
Arnold William Erickson
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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.
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St. Matthew Christian Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is an African American church established in the early 1900s. The congregation played an integral role during the Civil Rights Movement in Milwaukee.
Boston National Historical Park
Site of the Massachusetts Man Suffrage Association Office
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Formally established in 1895, the Massachusetts Man Suffrage Association worked to defeat any legislative measure that would give women the vote. The association's constitution claimed that women were unfit to vote and that natural law indicated politics fell outside women's responsibilities.
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America’s Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, founded by lynching survivor James Cameron, explores African American history, and seeks to foster reconciliation and healing.
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
James Roosevelt
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American lawyer, businessman, and father of Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt lived the life of a gentleman farmer at Hyde Park, New York. "Squire James," as he was known by his neighbors, was devoted to country life and taught his son, the future 32nd President of the United States, to love and respect the land.
Boston National Historical Park
Capt. Cassin Young
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Cassin Young served as an officer in the United States Navy. After Young's heroic action during the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt awarded him with the Medal of Honor. Killed in action at Guadalcanal, Young was honored as the namesake of the destroyer USS CASSIN YOUNG.
Boston African American National Historic Site
Moses Parker Hanson
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A dentist and surgeon, Moses Parker Hanson also served in the 1850 Boston Vigilance Committee and later in the Civil War.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Marie LeFevere Bailly
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Part Odawa and part French, the highly respected and traditionally skilled Marie “Mo-nee” Bailly lived through rapidly changing times; she experienced shifting control over the Northwest Territory and the detrimental effects of manifest destiny on Indigenous American peoples. She resolutely oversaw the family and homestead on the Little Calumet River for more than 30 years after the death of her husband, raising their children and grandchildren in an ever-foreign world.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: Inland Sea View
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: How These Islands Came to Be (SMI)
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: How These Islands Came to Be (NMI)
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Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Michigan Island Lighthouse
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The first lighthouse in the Apostle Islands was built on Michigan Island in 1856, providing a beacon for sailors navigating the water and weather of Lake Superior. In 1929, a taller tower was installed to extend visibility of the Michigan Island light. The periods of use, disuse, and preservation of the Michigan Island Light Station are reflected in the landscape.