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War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Fonte Plateau
- Type: Place
Fonte Plateau was a strategic location during the Battle of Guam. Home to a fortified Japanese naval communications base, the battle for control over Fonte Plateau was costly and pivotal. After days of fighting, US troops gained control of the position—forcing the Japanese Army's retreat.
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
Toinette Bachelder: From Warm Springs to the White House
- Type: Article
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.
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.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Manhattan Project Leaders: Henry L. Stimson
- Type: Person
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.”
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
- Type: Article
Condition Assessment of the President's House Site
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
New Bethel Baptist Church
- Type: Place
New Bethel Baptist Church is one of only a few pre-Manhattan Project structures remaining from Scarboro community. The church’s congregation was founded in 1851 but this structure was built in 1924. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Located on the secure Oak Ridge National Laboratory grounds, the church is not currently accessible to the public.
Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
Burial Site of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
- Type: Place
The Burial Site of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is a place of reflection and remembrance, honoring the legacy of the 39th President of the United States and the former First Lady.
- Type: Place
Learn about the decade-long effort to build a Memorial House to honor George Washington at his birthplace.
Capitol Reef National Park
Scenic Drive Stop 9
- Type: Place
Desert bighorn sheep are often spotted in Capitol Gorge along narrow cliff ledges.
- Type: Person
With the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States (1901 - 09). He brought new excitement and power to the office, vigorously leading Congress and the American public toward progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy.
Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Thoburn's Redoubt
- Type: Place
The Confederate surprise attack in the pre-dawn fog of October 19, 1864 struck here against the 8th Corps first, then drove the rest of the Federal troops from their camps around Belle Grove Plantation.
National Mall and Memorial Parks
Anna Arnold Hedgeman (1899-1990)
- Type: Person
Anna Arnold Hedgeman participated in and led some of the 20th century’s most important developments, including advances in education, public health, politics, and workplace justice . We honor her as an ancestor for shattering glass ceilings imposed on her by her race and gender.
- Type: Person
There are people who give great speeches, and they there are those who perform them. Hallie Quinn Brown was one of the few who perform speeches. In her era, she was recognized as one of the greatest elocutionists across two continents, Europe and America. Though she rarely appears in history books, Brown’s legacy can be found in today’s speech-language pathologists and spoken word artists. She lectured widely on the cause of temperance, women’s suffrage, and civil rights. We
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To protect FDR, the U.S. Secret Service assigned code names to the president, his staff, and even certain objects that may have disclosed his location.
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Hannah Van Buren
- Type: Article
Hannah Van Buren was the wife of President Martin Van Buren from 1807 until her death in 1819.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
The Legacy of the Port Royal Experiment
- Type: Article
The Port Royal Experiment was not intended to be a re-envisioning of America, but it evolved as a model for how to transition away from slavery during Reconstruction. Historian Willie Lee Rose termed it a “Rehearsal for Reconstruction.”
- Type: Person
Best known today for his military campaigns against the Indians before and after the Civil War, George Crook rose from the command of the 36th Ohio Infantry to the command of a cavalry division which fought in Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. During the war he became friends with future president Rutherford B. Hayes.
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The White House and President’s Park’s environmental educational program gives Title-1 students a chance to learn how much they’re capable of.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
St. Vrain's Quarters
- Type: Place
This second level room can be accessed from the first-floor dining room or the plaza promenade on the second floor. The room was used by Bent, St. Vrain, & Company partner Ceran St. Vrain when he was present or otherwise used as a temporary guest quarters.