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Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park
Lucy Buck
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Lucy Buck (left) and her sister, Nellie (right), witnessed the Battle of Front Royal. Lucy’s wartime diary was later published as Sad Earth, Sweet Heaven.
Glen Echo Park
Candy Corner
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The Candy Corner sold sweets - cotton candy, candied apples, lollipops, and ice cream - during the amusement park era. Rebuilt in 2007, this space has been used for classroom space and children's art programs.
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Located at 610 SW Alder Street, the Selling Building was built in 1910 and was added to the National Register in 1991 for its historic and architectural significance. Early tenants of the building were physicians and dentists including psychologist J. Allen Gilbert who, in 1917, treated Dr. Alan Hart (nee Alberta Lucille Hart) for sexual inversion. Despite categorizing Hart's condition as pathological and abnormal, Dr. Gilbert eventually supported Hart's transition.
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Musical Staircase
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The Chatham staircase is a decorative feature added to the landscape in the 1920s. The staircase's flowing design conveys the musical notes to the song "Home, Sweet, Home", popular in the Civil War era.
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Sweet Honey in the Rock is widely-acclaimed acapella ensemble comprised of African American women founded by Bernice Johnson Reagon, an original member of the Freedom Singers, a musical quartet associated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Homestead National Historical Park
Ephram Smith
- Type: Person
Ephram Smith, Jr.'s Homestead application # 25026 was recorded on December 11, 1890, in the Register of Land Office by J.H. Bingham. According to his land entry papers, his homestead was located in the SE¼ of NE ¼ of Section 14, S ½ of NW ¼, NE ¼ of SW ¼ of Section 13, Township 3N of Range 20E in Coffee County, AL. His homestead consisted of 138.57 acres. The required filing fee of $13.50 was also recorded on December 11, 1890, at the Receiver’s Office.
Grand Portage National Monument
Stewardship at Grand Portage National Monument
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The National Park Service and the Grand Portage Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa work together at Grand Portage National Monument to support, interpret, and preserve the lifeways of the Ojibwe people, including the historic values of the Grand Portage trail. The Band has long been involved in stewardship of the Monument, where tribe members play a critical role in management, landscape maintenance, and historic preservation.
- Type: Place
Frissell Hall located in Gullah/Geechee NHC, SC.
Acadia National Park
Finding of No Significant Impact for Plant Gathering at Acadia National Park
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The National Park Service (NPS) presents documentation on the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for traditional gathering of sweetgrass that allows the five federally recognized tribes in Maine into plant gathering agreements with Acadia National Park.
Acadia National Park
Plant Gathering for Traditional Purposes, Environmental Assessment
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The National Park Service (NPS) presents documentation, in coordination with the five federally recognized tribes of Maine, propose to enter into agreements for the traditional gathering of sweetgrass plants and plant parts at Acadia National Park.
Saratoga National Historical Park
Cyrus Hardy
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Cyrus Hardy (born 1752) was born in Massachusetts, but moved to Pelham, New Hampshire, shortly before the Revolutionary War broke out. It was in Pelham that he met his future wife, Olive, and the couple married in April 1774. With the Continental Army desperate for recruits, governments offered sweet incentives in the form of bounty money for those who joined. Cyrus enlisted as a private soldier in Captain Bell’s company of Colonel Nathan Hale’s 2nd New Hampshire Regiment.
Acadia National Park
Gathering Sweetgrass and Renewing the Past: How Science at Acadia Is Making a Course Correction
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Wabanaki ecologists and archeologists conducting research in Acadia National Park are reframing narratives and reclaiming culture. Park science is all the better for it.
Grand Canyon National Park
Desert View Trading Post
- Type: Place
Within sight of Desert View Point and the Watchtower, the Trading Post is just up the walkway from the rim of the canyon. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm daily. A snack bar is located inside the Trading Post. The snack bar is temporarily closed. When it reopens, it offers ice cream, sweet treats and coffee drinks. There is an outdoor patio. When it comes to authentic Native American crafts, the trading post gallery/shop features handicrafts from Grand Canyon's associated tribes.
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Sweet spring water made Ash Hollow State Historical Park an important spot for American Indians. Centuries ago, a ferocious battle between the Pawnee and Lakota Sioux took place here for control of the valley. Years later, this valley, and its spring water, also became an important stop for emigrants making their way west.
Great Basin National Park
Mark and Recapture Study for the Model Cave Harvestman, Sclerobunus ungulatus
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Arachnids, particularly shy cavernicolous ones, keep their secrets close to their scute. In fact, they don’t like to spill the beans at all. In order to engage them in disclosing all their secrets we cannot whisper sweet nothings, instead hard science is called to the field of battle.
Acadia National Park
Emilio Sweet-Coll
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Emilio Sweet-Coll, of Los Angeles, CA, is participating as an At-Large Artist in the Artist-in-Residence program at Acadia National Park in 2023.
Acadia National Park
Project Profile: Acadia National Park Salt Marsh Restoration and Restore Salt Marsh to Sustain Cultural Practices
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The National Park Service will integrate traditional Indigenous knowledge and climate-smart techniques to remove invasive plants, restore native plants, and enhance a significant Indigenous cultural landscape in Acadia National Park. The project will result in a restored, climate-resilient salt marsh ecosystem and will support traditional harvesting of sweetgrass.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Gress's Meat Market (Frost Me Sweet)
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George Gress built a humble brick building in early Richland for his butcher shop. He operated Gress’s Meat Market from 1915 until 1943 when the Manhattan Project displaced most of Richland's existing businesses and residents. Since closure of the meat market, this building has served as a newspaper office, tavern, library, chocolate store, restaurant, and sweet shop.
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Newsletter highlighting the activities of the Southeast Coast Inventory and Monitoring Network
Homestead National Historical Park
George Jones
- Type: Person
On January 28, 1891, under the Homestead Act of 1862, George filed a homestead entry for federal lands (Application No. 21095) with the Gainesville, Florida Land Office for the SW¼ of SE¼ of Section 20, in Township 7 South of Range 19E, containing 40.05 acres of land.