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Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
Toinette Bachelder: From Warm Springs to the White House
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Fellow Warm Springs polio patient and friend of Franklin Roosevelt, Toinette Bachelder worked in the White House as a secretary in the President’s private office. After FDR's death, she continued serving four other presidents.
Chesapeake Bay
BLISS Meadows
- Type: Place
Discover BLISS Meadows, a 10-acre urban farm and land reclamation project in Northeast Baltimore. This unique space offers walking trails, farm animal interactions, and hands-on gardening workshops. Learn about sustainability, food justice, and the contributions of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities while enjoying fresh produce, honey, and community events. Experience nature, education, and social change in the heart of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Julia Parmly Billings
- Type: Person
Julia Billings
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
Enslaved People of Appomattox County
- Type: Person
In early 1865, over 4,600 African Americans were enslaved in Appomattox County. On April 9, 1865, after four years of war, Federal victory brough the promise of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to Appomattox Court House and made emancipation a reality for all enslaved people in this region, including half of Appomattox County’s population. Learn some of their stories.
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Charles Hall Museum and Heritage Center
- Type: Place
This non-profit history museum features interpretive panels and maps that tell the story of over 3000 North Carolina Cherokee prisoners in several detachments who camped and walked through Tellico Plains on the first leg of their journey to live in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Visitors can view display cabinets of stone and clay tools and relics the local Overhill Cherokee used for farming, cooking, hunting, weapons and games.
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.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Georg & Flora Schmidt Farm
- Type: Place
Isle Royale National Park
Current Conditions at Isle Royale
- Type: Place
Make sure to check the current conditions before your next trip to Isle Royale.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Brinegar Cabin
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For nearly sixty years, Martin and Caroline Brinegar lived on this 125-acre farm leading lives based on hard work, self-sufficiency, and an abiding religious faith. Descendants of their three children often come here to visit the homeplace.
Boston African American National Historic Site
William H. Jenkins
- Type: Person
An affluent landowner, William Jenkins provided shelter to freedom seekers heading north on the Underground Railroad on his estate north of Boston in Andover, Massachusetts.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Katie Shepard Hotel
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This large, one-and-a-half-story, shingle-style house was constructed in 1895 or 1896 for Mrs. William Shepard and her daughter Katherine, who was popularly known on the island as "Miss Katie." The house was allegedly designed in the style of the Shepards' residence in New Orleans. A detached kitchen and dining room was located behind the house. After the Cottage Row dining room closed around 1900, Katie Shepard converted her cottage into a summer hotel.
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Mead Museum
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The Mead Cultural Education Center, located in Yankton, South Dakota, was constructed in 1909 by Dr. Leonard C. Mead. Originally serving as part of the women’s ward for the Dakota Hospital for the Insane, the building was in use until the 1980s. Today, however, it houses the Dakota Territorial Museum and is upkept by the Yankton County Historical Society.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Manhattan Project Leaders: Henry L. Stimson
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Secretary of War during the Manhattan Project, Henry L. Stimson was General Leslie Groves’ immediate supervisor, authorized project sites, and made sure the project was given anything needed to be successful. President Harry Truman once said of Stimson, “I felt how fortunate the country was to have so able and so wise a man in its service.”
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Forest regeneration in the National Capital Region continues to slowly improve, especially in parks that manage their deer populations. A look at forest regeneration capacity based on monitoring data from 2024.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
St. Francis Hotel
- Type: Place
The St. Francis Hotel has lived many lives: first as a place of business operated by early settlers Zachary and Jenny Fletcher, then as private residence and restaurant of the Switzer family. The original two-story limestone structure was built in 1881 and was a successful hotel in Nicodemus. The Switzer family bought the building in 1921 and built several additions while they lived there.
Nicodemus National Historic Site
Township Hall
- Type: Place
Built from 1937-1939 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project with local limestone, the Nicodemus Township Hall has served as a central meeting place for the community for decades. Representing the pillar of self-determination in African American communities, this building hosted everything from voting and township meetings to dances and roller-skating. It currently houses the site's visitor center.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Glen Haven General Store
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There was only one place in the late 19th century and 20th century that provided the necessities for life-meat, produce, fabrics, communication and tools: the General Store. It was the hub of D.H. Day's company. The lumbermen and dock workers were paid in company "scrip" so they could only shop at this store. At different times in its history, the store served as a post office, ticket and freight office for steamers, telegraph station, lumber salesroom, and more.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Blacksmith Shop
- Type: Place
Built around 1867, the Blacksmith Shop was an indispensable component of the maritime village. Not only did the shop forge metal works, but it also served as the town's carpentry center. Nearly everyone in town had some need for the blacksmith's services, which included crafting and repairing oxen yolks, tools, and carriages, shoeing horses, and constructing pre-built homes, dining halls, and horse barns.
Independence National Historical Park
Condition Assessment of the President’s House Site
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Condition Assessment of the President's House Site
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Glen Haven Cannery and Boat Museum
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By the 1900s D.H. Day owned Glen Haven, 5,000 acres around it, 5,000 cherry and apple trees, a farm with hundreds of hogs, and a massive lumber company. Day was a visionary. He could see that the demand for lumber was falling rapidly, and he would need to diversify. So he started a canning company. The Glen Haven Canning Company processed cherries, raspberries, and peaches and shipped the finished canned goods to Great Lake cities.