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Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Elizabeth Billings
- Type: Person
When even the sharpest female minds were denied ranks above "amateur”, Elizabeth Billings (1871-1944) nonetheless achieved enough to impress a modern-day botanist. Her accomplishments included cultivating various gardens, experimenting in farming, managing the family estate, and cataloging hundreds of plants.
- Type: Article
From underground mycorrhizal networks to ultrasonic sound emissions and chemical signaling through the air. The plants and trees of the forest have a language and ability to communicate that science is only beginning to understand.
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Information Panel: Stabilizing the Marsh
- Type: Place
Acadia National Park
Access: Pretty Marsh Entrance
- Type: Place
An accessible description and transcript of the Pretty Marsh Entrance Acadia National Park. (February 2025)
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Statue of the Siene in the Shadow
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Sitting in the shadow of the Mansion Garden is the sculpture The Seine or “Baigneuse Drapée”. It reflects an appreciation for art in nature from the Rockefeller Family and demonstrated history of conservation that the park continues today.
Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve
Marching Mangroves: Finding the Most Northern One Is Just the Beginning
- Type: Article
The appearance of tropical trees in a historical park foreshadows climate change’s profound impacts on our natural and cultural heritage.
- Type: Person
Charles Lee, former British Army officer, became the second highest ranking general of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. On June 28, 1776 he oversaw the victory at the Battle of Sullivan's Island in Charleston, SC. Two years later, his retreat on the field at the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse would result in his court martial and the end of his military career. Learn more about this controversial figure here.
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Caesar Ferrit, a Caribbean immigrant who fought at Lexington, Massachusetts alongside Patriot militia on April 19, 1775. Caesar settled in Natick, Ma and was said to have "the blood of four nations," African, Indigenous, French, and Dutch.
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Trek through pine forests and open marsh at Robinson Neck Preserve, a hidden gem on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Spot eagles, Delmarva fox squirrels, and sika deer while soaking in stunning views of Slaughter Creek. This peaceful 1.25-mile trail winds through diverse landscapes, ending in a breathtaking marsh vista, no boat required. Explore, listen, and discover this wild Chesapeake treasure.
Fire Island National Seashore
Watch Hill
- Type: Place
Watch Hill is Fire Island National Seashore's largest visitor site. Featuring a large public marina, campgrounds, lifeguarded beaches, visitor center, small shop, restaurant, snack bar, and nature trails, Watch Hill is a popular site for recreation of all kinds.
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Newsletter highlighting the activities of the Southeast Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network.
Fort Pulaski National Monument
Feeder Canal and the South Channel
- Type: Place
Fort Pulaski National Monument
South Channel and the Marsh
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The South Channel of the Savannah River and the marshes play a large part in the history and ecology of Cockspur Island
- Type: Person
Cambridge Moore volunteered in Capt. John Moore's company at Battle Road, and entered the conflict from Concord, Massachusetts.
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Andrew Sheridan Burt
- Type: Person
Colonel Andrew S. Burt, 1892 at Fort Laramie, Wyoming
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Although the abolition of slavery emerged as a dominant objective of the Union war effort, most Northerners embraced abolition as a practical measure rather than a moral cause. The war resolved legally and constitutionally the single most important moral question that afflicted the nascent republic, an issue that prevented the country from coalescing around a shared vision of freedom, equality, morality, and nationhood.
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Thompson Island
- Type: Place
Just under 4.5 miles away from Long Wharf sits Thompson Island. It is both the closest island to Boston and one of the biggest islands in the harbor at 169.9 upland acres. Today, the island is home to the Outward-Bound Education Center. The island boasts salt marshes, a wetland, and remnants of fruit orchards.
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Peddocks Island
- Type: Place
One of the largest islands in Boston Harbor, Peddocks Island is a geographically diverse island, containing ponds, marshes, and forests. It is most well known for its military installation, Fort Andrews, which served primarily as a training and staging area for soldiers going during World War I.
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Just five miles out from Boston sits the biggest of the Boston Harbor Islands, aptly named Long Island. This island has served numerous military and social purposes throughout its existence.
- Type: Place
The Massachusett Tribe has lived with and stewarded the Shawmut Peninsula for thousands of years. When European colonists arrived, they claimed and transformed the landscape. Settlers cut down the three hills of downtown Boston, filled in salt marshes and beaches, and built permanent structures along the shore. This place first became known as Bendall’s Cove, then the Town Dock, and later, Dock Square. Today, parts of historic Dock Square make up Sam Adams Park.