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Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Mound City Group
- Type: Place
Mound City Group is the smallest of the Hopewell sites in Ross County, but it very well may contain the largest stories of this remarkable culture. The site is home to the park's only visitor center. Grounds are open every day from dawn to dusk while the visitor center building maintains regular hours of operation.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Imprisonment and Reconciliation: nimíipuu at Vancouver Barracks
- Type: Article
Every year, the imprisonment of Nez Perce men, women, and children at Vancouver Barracks is remembered at the Chief Redheart reconciliation ceremony. Learn the history behind this ceremony and how this important story is remembered today.
Katmai National Park & Preserve
Pelagia Melgenak
- Type: Person
To learn the story of Pelagia (also spelled Palakia) Melgenak is to learn the sanctity of shared traditions, the loving bonds of kinship and the reverence of a spiritual connection to the land around you. Born in the late 1870s in the remote village of Savonoski in Alaska, Pelagia grew up learning about hunting, gathering, navigating and guiding in the area. That all changed in 1912 with the hot ash falling like a blanket covering the region with the eruption of Novarupta.
War In The Pacific National Historical Park
Liberators' Memorial
- Type: Place
At the tip of Asan Point, the six-sided Liberator’s Memorial honors all U.S. forces involved in the recapture of Guam. Each side is dedicated to a division of the Armed Forces.
Stonewall National Monument
Stormé DeLarverie
- Type: Person
Stormé DeLarverie was a butch lesbian with zero tolerance for discrimination, or as she called it, “ugliness.” She was born in New Orleans on Christmas Eve to a Black mother and white father. She had a beautiful baritone voice and discovered a love for jazz at a very early age. She started singing in New Orleans clubs at 15, and soon after began touring around Europe, eventually landing in New York City.
- Type: Person
An American feminist, suffragist, suspected spy, prisoner of war and surgeon, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker remains the only women ever to receive the Medal of Honor, which she was awarded for her service during the Civil War.
- Type: Person
Bayard Rustin was a brilliant strategist, pacifist, and forward-thinking civil rights activist during the middle of the 20th century.
- Type: Place
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2020, All Souls Church, Unitarian has a rich architectural and social history. From the Civil War when it sought to define itself by its anti-slavery agenda, to more firmly establishing itself as a church with a social justice agenda during the civil rights era and finally to embracing its role as a “Welcoming Congregation,” All Souls has been in the forefront of the city and nation’s social issues.
- Type: Place
Earl Hall, located on the campus of Columbia University in the New York City borough of Manhattan in New York, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. Earl Hall is significant for its early and significant association with Columbia’s LGBT community. Columbia University was the first university in the United States to have a gay student group – the Student Homophile League -- founded in 1966 and officially recognized by the university in 1967.
Park Planning, Facilities and Lands Directorate
Discover how engineers are designing the future for America's national parks.
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Successful engineering projects in national parks rarely happen in isolation. Read more about strong teamwork, effective communication and collaborative spirit that help make for successful park projects.
- 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.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Bear Creek Mound, Milepost 308.8
- Type: Place
About 900 years ago, mound building began along Bear Creek, this site already had been used by semi-sedentary groups for thousands of years. Typical of a Mississippian period village, a ceremonial building sat on Bear Creek’s flat top, providing a focus for spiritual life.
- Type: Place
Tucked away off today’s Joy Street on Beacon Hill, Smith Court served as a center for Boston’s free Black community throughout the 1800s and into the early 1900s.
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We start the year off with lots of new things. New technology. A new section devoted to quick reads. And in the spirit of Auld Lang Syne, we gain striking new insights from the past. We also release an inspiring episode of the Park Science Podcast.
Boston African American National Historic Site
Boston African American National Historic Site
- Type: Place
Boston African American National Historic Site works with the Museum of African American History to preserve and interpret the inspiring history of the free black community in antebellum Boston.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Primitive Baptist Church
- Type: Place
Primitive Baptist Church built in 1887 is the second stop along the Cades Cove Loop after the John Oliver cabin.
Boston African American National Historic Site
Robert F. Wallcut
- Type: Person
Printer Robert F. Wallcut served as the general agent of The Liberator and a member of the Boston Vigilance Committee, playing an integral role in Boston’s abolition movement and Underground Railroad network.
Yellowstone National Park
Specimen Creek Trailhead (WK3)
- Type: Place
The Specimen Creek trailhead is on the northwest side of Yellowstone near U.S. Highway 191. From this trailhead, you can embark on the following trail:- Specimen Creek Trail Specimen Creek Trail A moderate to strenuous 16.4-mile (26.4 km) there-and-back trail that climbs through recently burned forest and meadows. CAUTION: Grizzly bears frequent this area. Backcountry RegulationsPermit required for fishing, boating, riding, and overnight camping. More information at the Ce
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Diamorpha growing atop a granite monadnock.
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Volunteer Spotlight: Manon Dixon and AJ Muralidhar
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Both Manon and AJ embody the spirit of our volunteer community—dedicated, knowledgeable, and passionate about making the world a little greener. We're so grateful for their contributions to the beauty and history of Chatham!