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Commissary Storehouse

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Commissary Storehouse (1884)

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Hampton National Historic Site

Sophia Gough Ridgely Howard

• Type: Person

Sophia Gough Ridgely Howard went against the norms of her time and took a silent stand against the institution of slavery the best way she knew how. According to several historical accounts, she helped influence her father, Charles Carnan Ridgely, to manumit (free) many of those he enslaved. She championed what she thought was right, a stand that led to a rift in the family, though she never lived to see the impact of her actions. Pushing for social change.

Boston National Historical Park

Jasper Clarence McCartney

• Type: Person

Jasper McCartney spent most of his life at sea, enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1930 at age 20. In the 1930s, he served on three destroyers, including the USS West Virginia where he worked as a fireman and watertender. In 1940, McCartney joined the crew of the USS Arkansas and was promoted to chief watertender. He was assigned to the USS Cassin Young a few days after its commissioning in December, 1943. McCartney was killed in action during a kamikaze attack on the destroyer.

Henry Knox

• Type: Person

Henry Knox, a key figure in the American Revolutionary War, was known for his military science expertise and crucial roles in battles like the Siege of Boston and the Battle of Yorktown. A close ally of George Washington, he contributed significantly to shaping the young nation's defense system as its first Secretary of War and was instrumental in founding West Point Military Academy.

Thomas Mifflin

• Type: Person

Mifflin’s role in America’s founding was important, including his work in politics and as a military leader. Mifflin was elected to state legislature and to the Continental Congress prior to the war. He went on to serve as quartermaster general during the Revolutionary War, providing necessary supplies to the Continental Army. After the war, Mifflin served in the Constitutional Convention and then as the first governor of Pennsylvania.

Artemas Ward

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Artemas Ward was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. His military service began during the French and Indian. Following this, he was elected to the Massachusetts Legislature. During the early period of the Revolutionary War, Ward commanded the entire Continental Army. Even after he resigned this position to George Washington, he continued to serve as an officer in the Revolutionary War. Ward later served in the Continental Congress and the US Congress.

Joseph Reed

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Joseph Reed, a successful lawyer, played a pivotal role in the American Revolution as George Washington's secretary and a key figure in military and civil politics. Born in 1741, Reed's commitment to public service led him to decline a British imperial position, later becoming deeply involved in the American Revolution, where he formed a close yet eventually strained relationship with Washington.

Fire Island National Seashore

Fire Island Light Station Fresnel Lens Building

• Type: Place

An exciting piece of history, this building houses the original first order Fresnel Lens which once illuminated the Fire Island Lighthouse

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Maritime Museum

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The National Lakeshore's Maritime Museum is housed in the Sleeping Bear Point U.S. Life-Saving Service Station. Walk through the boathouse next to the museum and see the life-saving equipment used during the early 1900's.

Indiana Dunes National Park

Harriet Colfax

• Type: Person

Born along the St. Lawrence River, determined Harriet Colfax found herself far upstream along the treacherous coast of Southern Lake Michigan after moving to a young Michigan City in 1853. For 43 careful years she watched the rough frontier city blossom to a Duneland metropolis; she fearlessly maintained the harbor beacon as lighthouse keeper while enduring the ensuing hardships with her lifelong companion Ann Hartwell.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Hatteras Light Station Restoration Update- September 2024

• Type: Article

During the last months of summer 2024, paint removal of the daymark was begun and completed, oil house restoration was begun, and further investigation into some of the metal features was completed.

Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

The Little Rock Nine

• Type: Person

In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School.

John and Delores Moaney

• Type: Person

John and Delores Moaney played an indispensable role in the lives of Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower. Explore the story of how the Moaney family became intertwined with the Eisenhowers here.

Boston National Historical Park

Asaba (Grosvenor)

• Type: Person

Asaba was enslaved by of Lieutenant Thomas Grosvenor of Pomfret, Connecticut, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill near the rail fence.

Boston African American National Historic Site

Samuel Downer Jr.

• Type: Person

Boston manufacturer Samuel Downer, Jr. participated in the antislavery movement as a member of the Free Soil party and the 1850 Boston Vigilance Committee.

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Lovells Island Range Lights

• Type: Place

Amidst the rock-strewn shoreline and the drumlin meadows of Lovells Island resides a unique history that is part of the kaleidoscopic makeup of the Boston Harbor Islands. The remains of an oil shed are the only fragments from the time the island housed the Lovells Island Range Lights. These lights served as beacons for marine vessels traveling in the South Channel to reach Boston.

Lovells Island

• Type: Place

As one of the Boston Harbor Islands, Lovells Island has ties to the 1858 escape of Philip Smith on the Maritime Underground Railroad.

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

Boston Light

• Type: Place

Since its original establishment in 1715, Boston Light has served as an integral beacon for Boston Harbor.

Boston National Historical Park

Capt. Cassin Young

• Type: Person

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.