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The Bayard Rustin Residence is significant as the most important resource associated with Bayard Rustin (1912- 1987), a person of great importance in American political and social history. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Rustin lived a peripatetic life as a social activist and organizer, living intermittently in a number of different homes. In 1962, Rustin purchased apartment 9J in Building 7 of the new Penn South Complex in the West Chelsea section of Manhattan.
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When Jane Addams penned Twenty Years at Hull House: With Autobiographical Notes, she presented her life story as inextricably tied to her work in running a settlement house. Addams was born into an affluent family in Illinois, but comfort and leisure did not suit her. After spending much of her early life searching for outlets for progressive work, Addams became a reformer.
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Playwright Eugene O’Neill adored his Dalmatian, Blemie, who lived a pampered life at Tao House. After Blemie’s passing in 1940, O’Neill penned a heartfelt tribute in his dog’s voice, urging his family to love another dog and remembering their bond with a "grateful tail wag."
Boston National Historical Park
Elizabeth Dugan
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Elizabeth Dugan worked as a tool keeper in the Charlestown Navy Yard at the height of World War II, from the summer of 1942 to January 1946.
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Boston Light
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Since its original establishment in 1715, Boston Light has served as an integral beacon for Boston Harbor.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
How Freedom Came to Big Pa
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“How Freedom Came to Big Pa” was published in the April 1916 issue of The Southern Workman and was written by Grace House, a principal of the Penn School. The essay shares Prince Polite's account of attending the Emancipation Day Celebration at Camp Saxton with his grandfather, "Big Pa", on January 1, 1863.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Series: Poems by Ellen Murray
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Very few of Ellen Murray’s writings have been identified or published. However, not all of Ellen Murray’s writings remained private. Between 1861 and 1865, she wrote at least fourteen poems that she had published in the National Anti-Slavery Standard, a prominent abolitionist newspaper. Her poems offer a glimpse in the world and perspective of one of Penn School’s founders.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Lines
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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.
- Type: Person
Read about the life of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania and the Lower Three Counties of Delaware. Learn about Penn's impact on the First State.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Lincoln Farm Association
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The Lincoln Farm Association, decided to create a memorial on Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky, where Lincoln was born. Writers Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) and Ida Mae Tarbell; Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor; presidential candidates William H. Taft and William J. Bryan as well as local Kentucky notable Col. Henry Watterson of Louisville were members of the Lincoln Farm Association.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Humpback Rocks Mountain Farm
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This farm has been preserved as it may have looked during the 1890s. Farm highlights include a demonstration garden, log home, chicken house, root cellar, barn, hog pen, spring house, and rail fencing surrounded by forest. National Parks, like the Blue Ridge Parkway, are one such gift we can care for, to pass on to the next generation to preserve unimpaired and enjoy for the benefit of the future generations
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
Site Bulletin, First Lincoln Memorial
- Type: Place
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.
American Battlefield Protection Program
Defending the “Slaughter-Pen” from Modern Development at Stones River
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We are excited to announce a Battlefield Land Acquisition Grant to the City of Murfreesboro, TN! This award will enable them to save a significant portion of the Stones River Battlefield.
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Through the skill of her pen, Lydia Maria Child advocated for the rights of others as a writer and editor. She followed her written words with action by actively participating in the local and national abolitionist and early women's rights movements.
Adams National Historical Park
Adams Farm at Penn's Hill
- Type: Place
Rocky Mountain National Park
Holzwarth Historic Site - Ice House & Wood Shed
- Type: Place
Keweenaw National Historical Park
315 5th St.
- Type: Place
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Ellen Murray
- Type: Person
Ellen Murray was an abolitionist, teacher, and founder of the Penn School, a historic freedmen’s school first established in 1862 to teach formerly enslaved people on St. Helena Island, South Carolina. Together with Laura M. Towne, another abolitionist and founder of the Penn School, Murray devoted her life to educating freed people and left a remarkable impact on the lives of so many in South Carolina through more than a half-century of education.
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This poem is in a series by Ellen Murray, a co-founder of the Penn School on St. Helena Island, SC. "The Workingman" was first published in the National Anti-Slavery Standard on January 30, 1864.