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Homestead National Historical Park
Cupid Steward
- Type: Person
In 1879, Steward submitted homesteadapplication number 9952at the Huntsville, Alabamalandoffice, requesting a patent for160and19/100 acres of land atthesouthwest quadrantof Section 14, Township3S, Range 6E in JacksonCounty, Alabama.
Acadia National Park
Access: Bass Harbor Head Light Station
- Type: Place
An accessible description and transcript of Bas Harbor Head Light Station in Acadia National Park. (February 2025)
Grand Teton National Park
Reimer's Cabin
- Type: Place
Jenny Lake has long been a popular destination for recreation. In the early 1930s, new hiking trails, horse rentals, and a shuttle boat service provided visitors an opportunity to explore their new park. Shuttle boat operator Kenneth Reimer built this cabin at the edge of the lake in 1937 to support his business. The cabin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Information Panel: The Tide Crests
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Robert Milroy's Union brigade occupied the washed-out bed of Sudley Road before you. Behind them, artillery occupied the crest of Henry Hill, in position to fire safely over the infantry.
- Type: Article
Parklands of Golden Gate National Recreation Area incorporate San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties. All of which, envelope overlapping military histories, and social movements that influenced each other. This included military bases and the Presidio’s Letterman Army Hospital. LGB military personnel faced the military ban, discrimination and in 1981: the HIV/AIDs epidemic.
- Type: Person
Susan Small was a seventeen-year-old wife and mother when she escaped to freedom with her infant son Philip aboard the Confederate steamer the "Planter."
- Type: Place
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.
- Type: Place
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
- Type: Person
John Small freed himself, his wife Susan, and their infant son Phillip during a dangerous escape aboard the Confederate steamer, Planter. As the ship’s engineer, John was instrumental in the success of the mission in which he and pilot Robert Smalls brought a total of sixteen men, women and children out of slavery and into freedom.
Dry Tortugas National Park
Bird Key Wreck
- Type: Place
The Bird Key Wreck, also known as the Brick Wreck.
Mount Rainier National Park
South Mowich Trail Shelter
- Type: Place
South Mowich Trail Shelter is a log trail shelter along the Wonderland Trail.
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.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Henry Blake Fuller
- Type: Person
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.
- Type: Person
A moment of freedom becomes a lifetime of service – and a mystery. From his escape on the Planter with Robert Smalls to a long history of military service, learn Gabriel Turner's story in this article.
- Type: Person
Annie White made her daring escape from slavery to freedom aboard the Confederate steamer, "The Planter" in the early hours of May 13, 1862. Annie was one of two single women who joined the crew that night seeking freedom.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Cold War, Lavender Scare, and LGB Activism
- Type: Article
The Nike Missile Site SF-88, is a Cold War era military site In the Marin Headlands. During the Cold War, there were close to 300 of these sites around the U.S. armed with powerful missiles. The fear of the enemy, the fear of the ‘other’ that powered this missile defense system, is the same sentiment that fueled the military ban on LGB people.
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Hiram Scott
- Type: Person
Scotts Bluff was a landmark for emigrants traveling the Oregon, California and Mormon Pioneer Trails. The story of the man whom the striking geologic feature was named after, was told countless times by travelers on the Great Platte River Road. Eventually, the story of Scott took on a life of its own and became an integral part of the emigrant experience.
Boston National Historical Park
Helen Katherine Priest
- Type: Person
Helen Priest worked at the Charlestown Navy Yard as a sheet metal worker and time clerk during World War II.
Mount Rainier National Park
Silver Falls Trailhead
- Type: Place
Silver Falls is located in the Ohanepocosh area and is an excellent day hike for many levels of hikers.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Charles Bent
- Type: Person
Charles Bent, alongside his partner, Ceran St. Vrain, and younger brother, William Bent, established the Bent, St. Vrain, and Company along the Santa Fe Trail in 1833. This adobe-constructed trading post beside the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado was the first outpost between St. Louis, MO and Santa Fe, NM in its day. Charles and William's close association with Cheyenne and Arapaho nations enabled the company to prosper as a result of the buffalo robe trade.