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Rocky Mountain National Park
Stories of the Moon & Stars at Moraine Park Discovery Center
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Cape Cod is a large glacial moraine peninsula that extends 96.5 km into the Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Massachusetts. Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) is located on the outer portion of Cape Cod. Almost all the estuarine habitat at CACO is associated with two large coastal lagoon systems, Pleasant Bay (PB) and Nauset Harbor/Marsh (NH). Due to restricted flushing with the ocean and residential development pressures outside the seashore boundary...
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
The Legacy of the Port Royal Experiment
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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.”
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: Loon Lake's Glacial Past
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In what is now the mesa-top Pueblo of Acoma, men with effeminate physical attributes or personal tendencies were known by many names including mujerado, qo-qoy-mo, and kokwina. They dressed and lived as women, had relationships with men, and fulfilled women's roles in the community. Much like today's queer culture, mujerados of Acoma appear to have experienced varied levels of cultural acceptance.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Charles Bent
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Charles Bent, alongside his partner, Ceran St. Vrain, and younger brother, William Bent, established the Bent, St. Vrain, and Company along the Santa Fe Trail in 1833. This adobe-constructed trading post beside the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado was the first outpost between St. Louis, MO and Santa Fe, NM in its day. Charles and William's close association with Cheyenne and Arapaho nations enabled the company to prosper as a result of the buffalo robe trade.
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How can popular culture be used to advocate for change? In this learning activity for sixth-eighth grade, students examine a suffrage illustration modeled on a popular cartoon circulated during Teddy Roosevelt's re-election campaign. They will analyze the use of cultural touchstones to change public perception about an issue and evaluate when they have been influenced by popular culture.
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Born into slavery in 1859, Cooper would become a distinguished author, activist, educator, and scholar. She lived a life that redefined society’s limitations and opportunities for Black women. Despite her enduring legacy, she has yet to become a household name. We honor Dr. Anna Julia Cooper as an ancestor for her tireless work to re-center and uplift the voices of Black women in a pursuit of a more just society for everyone.
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In July 2024, fire ecologists re-visited a study area an in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve that burned twice in rapid series. The 2009 Chakina Fire burned ~ 56,000 acres in the Chitina River Valley. A mere seven years later, a third of the Chakina fire area reburned in the 2016 Steamboat Fire.
Grand Teton National Park
Teewinot Overlook
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At Teewinot Overlook, gaze across Jenny Lake and admire a landscape shaped by glaciers.
Grand Portage National Monument
Anishinaabe Oodena (Ojibwe Village) Re-creation
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Fur traders constructed their posts near Native villages for survival and convenience. This re-creation of a small village at the NWCo Depot exemplifies the economic partnership between the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) and the Northwest Company.
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The human-caused Geology fire started on June 10, 2023, along the Berdoo Canyon Road, one of Joshua Tree National Park’s designated backcountry routes. The Burned Area Recovery plan promotes recovery of native vegetation, establishing restoration islands within the burned area to promote re-establishment of native perennial vegetation, including Joshua trees.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Marie LeFevere Bailly
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Part Odawa and part French, the highly respected and traditionally skilled Marie “Mo-nee” Bailly lived through rapidly changing times; she experienced shifting control over the Northwest Territory and the detrimental effects of manifest destiny on Indigenous American peoples. She resolutely oversaw the family and homestead on the Little Calumet River for more than 30 years after the death of her husband, raising their children and grandchildren in an ever-foreign world.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Mt. Lyn Lowry Overlook
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Located along the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Mt. Lyn Lowry Overlook provides scenic views of Mt. Lyn Lowry, the Woodfin Cascades, and the 60-foot cross erected in Lyn Lowry’s honor. In 1962, this mountain was re-named for Lowry, a fifteen-year-old who died of leukemia.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Upland Trail
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The Pinhook Bog Trail System features two very different habitats. The Upland Trail highlights a rich beech and maple forest growing on top of a glacial moraine formed about 15,000 years ago. The Bog Trail leads to a bog in a depression in the moraine created when a large piece of ice broke off the melting glacier. The bog features an incredible habitat with unique plants.
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Filene Center
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The Filene Center is the primary performance venue at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. This iconic, open-air amphitheater theater includes the covered seating area which can accommodate up to 3,868 persons. The original Filene Center opened in 1971, but was destroyed by a fire in 1982. This structure re-opened for the 1984 performance season.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Many Parks Curve
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Get panoramic views of Rocky Mountain National Park! Along the Trail Ridge Road, use this pull out to see a scenic vista of ‘many parks’, meaning low-land meadows.
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The Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentives Program, commonly referred to as the federal Historic Tax Credit (HTC), encourages private sector investment in the rehabilitation and re-use of historic buildings. It creates jobs and is one of the nation's most successful and cost-effective community revitalization programs.
Mount Rainier National Park
Glacier Basin Trailhead
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Hike along the White River Valley with views of Mount Rainier and the Emmons Glacier along the Glacier Basin Trail. Trailhead begins in the White River Campground.
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Learn more about the impacts of fire on beaver ponds and watershed resilience.