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Grand Teton National Park
Jenny Lake Pathway Hub
- Type: Place
The Jenny Lake Pathway Hub is the most northern point of the multi-use pathway. Read our informational sign about biking and use the bike rack to store your bike while you explore the Jenny Lake area.
Amache National Historic Site
Amache Museum
- Type: Place
The Amache Musuem is located in Granada, CO and operated by the Amache Preservation Society.
- Type: Person
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.
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
Podcast 099: Finding and Preserving LGBTQ Southern History with the Invisible Histories Project
- Type: Article
Catherine Cooper speaks with Josh Burford and Maigen Sullivan, the co-founders of the Invisible Histories Project their work finding and preserving queer history in the South.
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Bartlett Cove Public Use Dock
- Type: Place
The Bartlett Cove Dock is where the action happens! Launch your adventure by boat here, or visit the dock to take in the sights.
- Type: Article
When have you needed courage? In this learning activity for fifth grade, students explore questions about when and how to take a stand in their everyday lives. Using photographs of Lucy Burns, co-founder of the National Woman's Party and the woman who spent more time in prison than any other American suffragist, students engage with questions about the courage needed to speak out.
- Type: Place
A prominent clothing dealer and community activist, John Coburn served as treasurer of the New England Freedom Association and co-founded the Massasoit Guards, a Black military company in 1850s Boston.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Ocean Beach
- Type: Place
Ocean Beach is a great hang. The sunniest months are September and October, but O.B. always draws a crowd. San Francisco tends to be cool and gray, even at the beach. During the late spring and summer months the coast can get fogged in, but it's still beautiful. Just remember to bring a hoodie and you'll be a lot happier under the fog dome. Running the length of the Sunset and Richmond neighborhoods, there's plenty of space at Ocean Beach for the whole family.
- Type: Article
The National Park Service Youth and Young Adult Programs Division co-hosted the virtual event “Then/Now/Tomorrow: Empowering Our Future Conservation and Climate Stewards” on April 24, 2024, for National Park Week, alongside The Corps Network, the National Park Foundation, and AmeriCorps. A panel of six current and former corps members shared their experiences working and serving on public lands.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Lines
- Type: Article
This poem is part of a series by Ellen Murray, a co-founder of the Penn School on St. Helena Island, SC. "Lines" was first published in The New South on November 1, 1862.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Charles and Mathilda Nelson House
- Type: Place
The Nelson-Reed property in Porter County, Indiana, is a historical site rooted in the Swedish immigrant farming community and Indiana Dunes preservation. Established by Swedish immigrants Charles and Mathilda Nelson, the farm became a hub of local history, with their son Bill co-founding the Duneland Historical Society. In 1952, Chicago architect Earl Reed Jr. purchased the property, championing conservation efforts, including the creation of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Mount Rainier National Park
Chinook Entrance Arch
- Type: Place
The historic Chinook Entrance Arch spans the width of the Mather Memorial Parkway (SR 410). The impressive log and stone bridge supports the Pacific Crest Trail, near Tipsoo Lake on the eastern boundary of the park.
Independence National Historical Park
Letter from Charles Jones & Co. to Andrew Robeson and William Frampton – September 28, 1685
- Type: Article
This was a 1685 letter written from Charles Jones Jr. and his associates in Bristol, England to Andrew Robeson and William Frampton in Philadelphia. In this letter Robeson and Frampton were given the power of attorney to collect debts for Charles Jones Jr. & Company and the captain of the Isabella, Thomas Taylor.
Sitka National Historical Park
Wooch Jin Dul Shat Kooteeya "Holding Hands"
- Type: Place
Wooch Jin Dul Shat Kooteeya was raised by the com-munity on May 15, 2011, marking the final event of the Sitka National Historical Park’s Centennial.
Monocacy National Battlefield
Gambrill Mill Picnic Area
- Type: Place
Located near the historic Gambrill Mill, the picnic area has picnic tables, a pond, and a meadow. Access to Bush Creek and the Monocacy River is a short walk away.
Mississippi National River & Recreation Area
Mni Owe Sni (Coldwater Spring)
- Type: Place
Mni Owe Sni (Coldwater Spring) is a sacred area for the Dakota and other Tribes. Mni Owe Sni’s primary feature is the spring which begins in the upland area of the site and flows down to the confluence with the Mississippi River. The lands of the Mni Owe Sni area are managed by the National Park Service in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society, US Department of Veterans Affairs, and Tribes.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
The Slave in Tennessee
- Type: Article
This poem is part of a series written by Ellen Murray, co-founder of the Penn School on St. Helena Island, SC. "The Slave in Tennessee" was originally published in the Free South on April 11, 1863.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Grand Junction, CO
- Type: Article
The Manhattan Engineer District needed uranium for the Manhattan Project to succeed. They relied heavily on Canada and Africa for raw uranium but recognized the risk in getting uranium from these places and sought a domestic source. Land in Western Colorado and Eastern Utah had the highest known uranium-ore concentrations in the country. The federal government chose Grand Junction, CO to become a uranium processing site, making it very important to the Manhattan Project.
Camp Nelson National Monument
Paul Vandervoort
- Type: Person
From Camp Nelson to Cuba: The Story of Paul Vandervoort Paul Vandervoort B. July 12, 1846, Clinton County, Ohio D. July 29, 1902, Puerto Principe, Cuba Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Nebraska Regiment 68th Illinois Infantry, Co. M 16th Illinois Cavalry.
- Type: Article
The National Park Service will enhance climate change resilience and food security in rural Alaskan communities. The project prioritizes goals of building Tribal-NPS co-stewardship relationships that support Tribes’ ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions and associated food security challenges. Activities include improving harvest reporting strategies and conducting community harvest assessments. This project has additional goals to develop adaptive approaches.