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Chesapeake Bay

Menokin
  • Type: Place

Explore Menokin, a National Historic Landmark where history, architecture, and conservation meet. See the 1769 home of Francis Lightfoot Lee, witness innovative preservation in action, and walk trails through a protected Chesapeake Bay watershed landscape. Engage with exhibits, hands-on activities, and the powerful stories of those who shaped this place. Paddle Cat Point Creek, connect with nature, and uncover the past in a truly unique setting.

Seaford Museum
  • Type: Place

Discover the Seaford Museum, a hidden gem in downtown Seaford, Delaware. Just steps from the Nanticoke River, this award-winning museum showcases the region’s rich history, from Harriet Tubman’s Underground Railroad connections to its maritime legacy. Explore interactive exhibits on shipbuilding and oyster shucking. After your visit, enjoy a scenic stroll along the River Walk, where Seaford’s waterfront industry stories come to life!

Historic Sotterley
  • Type: Place

Historic Sotterley, a National Historic Landmark and UNESCO Site of Memory, preserves over 300 years of history, offering powerful stories of the past alongside scenic trails, gardens, and views of the Patuxent River.

Mrs. Recy Taylor (1919-2017)
  • Type: Person

Mrs. Recy Taylor was just 24 years old when she was brutally raped by six white men in Alabama. Upholding the Black woman's tradition of testimony and protest, Taylor actively participated in the pursuit to bring her attackers to justice. Though the men were acquitted in two separate trials, Taylor's courage speaks to the resolve of Black women to channel their pain and anger into political anger. We honor Taylor as an ancestor for teaching us a lesson on courage.

Hallie Quinn Brown (ca. 1850- 1949)
  • 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

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Katie Shepard
  • Type: Person

Katie Shepard owned "The Beeches" hotel on North Manitou Island.

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Nicodemus Newsletter January 2024
  • Type: Article

This article is for the Nicodemus Newsletter, January of 2024. It is the information provided in the printed copy we have available in the Township Hall.

Boston National Historical Park

Old South Meeting House
  • Type: Place

In the days leading to the American Revolution, citizens gathered here to challenge British policies, protesting the Boston Massacre and the tea tax. Here, at an overflow meeting on December 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party began. Saved from destruction in 1876, in the first successful historic preservation effort in New England, the building is now an active meeting place, a haven for free speech, and a museum exhibit, “Voices of Protest.”

Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

Native Speaker Series: Our Voices Remain
  • Type: Article

This year, Indigenous perspectives of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were reawakened through Our Voices Remain, a Native speaker series organized in part between Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and Partnership for National Trails System (PNTS).

Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

Series: Lewis and Clark Trail 2024 Annual Report
  • Type: Article

Highlights include forward strides on Big Medicine: The York Project, a recap of the trail's Native Speaker Serices: Our Voices Remain, updates on natural resource protection strategies, and the yearly spending and projects report.

The White House and President's Park

1979 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
  • Type: Place

Participants in the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights marched across E Street in front of the South Lawn of the White House on October 14, 1979. The 1979 march is seen as the birth of a national movement for LGB rights that helped small, local organizations unite, know that they were not alone, and bring their issues to a national stage showcasing their collective power.

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.

Women’s Liberation Center
  • Type: Place

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2021, The Women’s Liberation Center (WLC) in New York is nationally significant as one of the first and most influential women’s advocacy centers, a resource type specific to the 1970s and early 1980s that was of pivotal importance in championing female empowerment and social equity in the United States.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Anna Fenn Maxwell
  • Type: Person

Anna Fenn Maxwell is the only survivor from her family of nine.

Blemie - Dogs of the NPS
  • Type: Place

Playwright Eugene O’Neill adored his Dalmatian, Blemie, who lived a pampered life at Tao House. After Blemie’s passing in 1940, O’Neill penned a heartfelt tribute in his dog’s voice, urging his family to love another dog and remembering their bond with a "grateful tail wag."

Jefferson Memorial Education Series: Each New Generation
  • Type: Article

In this education activity designed for 9th-12th graders, students compare an inscription in the Jefferson Memorial with the primary source text. How does the full context affect your understanding of Jefferson's argument? Students consider Jefferson's suggestion that each generation should have a chance to amend the state constitution, as well as his ideas for how to "collect voices" of the people. What changes would you make? How do you get your voice heard?

Massachusetts State House
  • Type: Place

With its gold dome clearly visible atop Beacon Hill, the Massachusetts State House is home to the State Senate, House of Representatives, and the Governor’s office. Construction of the State House completed in 1798. Inside, murals, statues and governors’ portraits illustrate the state’s history.

Boston National Historical Park

Alice Stone Blackwell
  • Type: Person

A revolutionary social activist, Alice Stone Blackwell played a significant role in women's suffrage movement. Blackwell served as a leader in the Boston and Massachusetts movements, and she raised her voice nationally through her work as editor of "The Woman's Journal." She also participated in other 20th century social justice issues that defended the civil rights and liberties of others.

Leonora O'Reilly
  • Type: Person

Leonora O'Reilly was a union organizer, social reformer, and suffrage advocate.

Dr. Anna Julia Cooper (1859-1964) and "A Voice from the South"
  • Type: Article

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.