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Acadia National Park
Access: Bass Harbor Head Light Station
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An accessible description and transcript of Bas Harbor Head Light Station in Acadia National Park. (February 2025)
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On the right side of the memorial core, Eisenhower as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II is commemorated by a bronze heroic-sized statue with sculptures of his soldiers inspired by the famous photograph with the 101st Airborne Division before their jump into France. Behind the sculptures is a bas relief depicting the Normandy landings on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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On the left side of the memorial core, the bronze heroic-sized statue of Eisenhower as 34th President of the United States places him at the center of the White House Oval Office flanked by sculptures of civilian and military advisors, symbolizing the balance Eisenhower struck between conflicting demands of national security and peaceful progress. The bas-relief global background depicts a map of the world symbolizing Eisenhower's role as a world statesman and preeminent inte
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Wright Brothers Bas Relief Plaque
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Bronze relief that features the portraits of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Across the top are reliefs of 3 types of Wright brothers’ gliders.
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In 2024, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provided funds for a native seed program in Southern California, specifically targeting areas devastated by recent wildfires. This initiative aims to enhance native seed collection and processing to bolster resilience against wildfires.
Bryce Canyon National Park
Giants of the Sky wayside
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The California condor, with a nearly ten-foot wingspan, is the largest land bird in North America. Its range once stretched across the west, south to Baja California, and north to British Columbia. By 1940, this magnificent bird was on the verge of extinction from poaching, DDT contamination, habitat destruction, and lead poisoning from consuming carrion containing lead bullets. Captive breeding programs have helped stabilize the population.
National Mall and Memorial Parks
Daniel Webster Monument
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Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was a lawyer and Whig party statesman who served as secretary of state for presidents John Tyler, William Henry Harrison, and Millard Fillmore. Previously he served as congressman first for New Hampshire, then congressman and senator for Massachusetts (1845-50). Webster's fame as an orator is captured in a stirring bas relief on the memorial's plinth.
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The Grand Army of the Republic was a veterans group of nearly half a million men. It was also the first veterans group in the United States. This memorial honors the veterans who were honorably discharged from the US military at the end of the American Civil War, as well as to the founder of the GAR, Benjamin Stephenson. The memorial was dedicated in 1909.InscriptionsFront bas reliefFRATERNITYObelisk, bottomGRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLICORGANIZED AT DECATUR ILLINOIS, APRIL 6, 186
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
Joseph Kiselewski
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Joseph Kiselewski, an American sculptor, created the bas-relief that sits above the door inside the George Rogers Clark memorial.
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A memorial to the US Navy had always been part of Pierre L'Enfant's plan for Washingon, DC. However, it wasn't until 1987 that the US Navy Memorial was dedicated. The memorial design features a lone sailor in the midle of a granite sea surrounded by low, stone walls containing 26 bas-relief sculptures illustrating the history of the Navy and the sea services.
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
La Bajada Mesa
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Because of its remote and rugged locale, La Bajada Mesa is among the best preserved and historically significant sections of El Camino Real today, with well-worn tracks, swales and other reminders of travelers past etched permanently into the landscape. By far, the mesa’s most defining feature is at its southwest edge, where the volcanic escarpment upon which the mesa sits towers 600 feet high over the plains below.
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Michael White (Miguel Blanco), the Old Spanish Trail
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Barely a teenager when he left England as an apprentice on a whaling vessel, White arrived in Baja California in 1817. White arrived in Santa Barbara in 1828, eventually making his way to Mission San Gabriel—which at that time consisted of little more than a few houses around the plaza, a church, some gardens, and some irrigable land.
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Pacific Ocean Education Team (POET) newsletter from Winter 2009. Articles include: Stewardship Without Boundaries: Conserving Our Ocean Ecosystem from Baja to the Bering Sea; A Seamless Network of Parks, Sanctuaries, Refuges & Reserves; Life Entwined with the Sea: The Non-Coastal Park Connection; Engage Visitors in Ocean Park Stewardship; Inventory Map & Protect Ocean Parks; and Ocean Stewardship: A Commitment to Collaboration for Conservation.
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Pacific Ocean Education Team (POET) newsletter from Winter 2009. Articles include: Stewardship Without Boundaries: Conserving Our Ocean Ecosystem from Baja to the Bering Sea; A Seamless Network of Parks, Sanctuaries, Refuges & Reserves; Life Entwined with the Sea: The Non-Coastal Park Connection; Take the Plunge into Ocean Stewardship; Nearshore Vertebrates in Four Hawaii Parks; and Ocean Stewardship: A Commitment to Collaboration.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
The Point at Mori Point
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Mori Point is a great place to see marine mammals passing through along the coast. The winter and spring months are great for whale watching. 94% of the worldwide 21,000 gray whale population travel up and down this coast on their 10,000 mile journey between Alaska and Baja California Sur. Adults move south from December to January. Some start heading back north again to feast as soon as February.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, was one of the 20th century’s most influential figures. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, the newest in the nation’s capital, pays tribute to this remarkable historic figure with heroic-sized bronze sculptures, stone bas reliefs, and quotations from his most famous speeches and addresses.
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Shaw’s agave is a rare and unique succulent plant endemic to a narrow, 200 mile, stretch along the southwestern California and northern Baja California coastline. South of the border, it is commonly found along the undeveloped portions of the western coast of Baja California. North of the border, however, the species has been reduced to just two small and isolated populations, one of which consists of a single genetic individual.
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A frigid wind powers across the juniper-studded grassland plain of La Bajada Mesa, fiercely determined to make its final destination. The travelers who braved wind and other weather to climb and cross the formidable mesa between the 17th and 19th centuries were equally determined.
Geologic Resources Division
Great Storm of ‘88
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Great Storm of 1988 that struck the Pacific Coast from Baja California to San Francisco on 17–18 January 1988 produced the largest waves ever measured in the Southern California Bight (between Channel Islands National Park and the mainland) and exceeded anything recorded or hindcasted for the southern and central coastline.
Cabrillo National Monument
This Shrub is Not Getting Enough Fire. Humans and Hot Water are Helping.
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The wart-stem ceanothus is an evergreen shrub native only to San Diego County and Northern Baja California. As a species that requires fire to germinate, it is also threatened in San Diego County by fire suppression, as well as by urbanization. As a result, Cabrillo National Monument is taking steps to help.