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"A Citadel of Women's Independence"

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Today's visitors know the Georgia-style home on Capitol Hill as the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. The National Woman's Party knew it as a symbol of their proximity to political power and their perseverance as an organization. The NWP spent 40 years fighting Congress to keep their headquarters. As fierce protectors of the Belmont House, the NWP carried on a tradition of women as historic preservationists.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Tilman F. Smith

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Tilman F. Smith was the second-longest serving keeper of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, serving as both assistant and primary keeper from 1878 to 1897.

Grand Portage National Monument

Historic Garden at Grand Portage

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The Grand Portage historic kitchen garden is located inside the palisade behind the kitchen. The North West Company operated its post here from 1778 to 1803. Many vegetable varieties grown in the garden now date back to the 1700s and early 1800s. Vegetable varieties from 200 years ago and earlier are still available today because Native American and early settler families saved seeds from their harvests to plant in the following year. The seeds saved were handed down.

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Julia Parmly Billings

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Julia Billings

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

The Enslaved Families of the McLean Household

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The events of April 9, 1865 made Appomattox Court House and Wilmer McLean, owner of the home where Generals Grant and Lee met to discuss Lee’s surrender, well known. Yet, the names of the enslaved men and women who swept that doorstep, tidied the parlor before the Generals were shown in, minded the house, the children and the affairs of the McLean family are mostly unknown.

Moores Creek National Battlefield

Women's Monument Exhibit

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National Mall and Memorial Parks

Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During World War II

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Honoring Japanese Americans who were sent to incarceration camps during World War II, the memorial features a zen garden-like design and a powerful sculpture of cranes entangled in barbed wire.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Liberty Theatre

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Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

Mead Museum

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The Mead Cultural Education Center, located in Yankton, South Dakota, was constructed in 1909 by Dr. Leonard C. Mead. Originally serving as part of the women’s ward for the Dakota Hospital for the Insane, the building was in use until the 1980s. Today, however, it houses the Dakota Territorial Museum and is upkept by the Yankton County Historical Society.

Grand Canyon National Park

Tusayan Pueblo Site and Self-guiding Trail

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The pueblo site and self-guiding trail are open Thursday through Friday, from 9 am to 4 pm. Located 3 miles (4.8km) west of Desert View Watchtower, the site is a small Ancestral Puebloan village showing the outlines of rooms and a round kiva. Visitors can walk a relatively flat 0.1 mile (200 m) self-guiding trail around the site. Visit the Native American Artisan Market with authentic and beautiful arts and crafts for sale. The adjacent museum is CLOSED until further notice.

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

Assan/Asan Beach

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During the Japanese occupation of Guam, CHamoru were forced to build defenses on the beach, including the pillboxes and bunkers that can still be seen today, in preparation for the American invasion. That invasion came on July 21, 1944, W Day for Guam. While a simultaneous attack took place five miles south at Hågat, the Third Marine Division landed on the 2,500-yard Assan Beach, marking the start of the Battle of Guam.

Nicodemus National Historic Site

Township Hall

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Built from 1937-1939 as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project with local limestone, the Nicodemus Township Hall has served as a central meeting place for the community for decades. Representing the pillar of self-determination in African American communities, this building hosted everything from voting and township meetings to dances and roller-skating. It currently houses the site's visitor center.

Moores Creek National Battlefield

Commemorating the Battle

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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Sleeping Bear Inn Garages

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Six years after Day's death, his daughter Marion and her husband Louis Warnes began running Dunesmobile rides out of Glen Haven. It started with a 1934 Ford which took four people out to the crest of the dunes and back. It was a thrilling 35-minute ride that took passengers to the crest of the dunes and back for 25 cents each. By the time the rides ended in 1978, there were 13 dunes wagons each carrying 14 passengers on a 12 mile, 35-minute excursion.

Manhattan Project National Historical Park

New Bethel Baptist Church

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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.

The Memorial House Museum

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Learn about the decade-long effort to build a Memorial House to honor George Washington at his birthplace.

Pullman National Historical Park

Rosina Corrothers Tucker

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A prominent advocate for labor and civil rights, Rosina Corrothers Tucker played an integral role in the creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and its International Ladies Auxiliary. She served as a leader in the Auxiliary for several decades and played a role in planning the March on Washington movement in the 1940s.

Chamizal National Memorial

Series: Chamizal National Memorial Artist-in-Residence

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As you explore Chamizal, take time to reflect: What stories shape your identity? How can art create understanding across borders? How does creativity preserve the past while inspiring the future? Art is more than expression—it is connection. Join us in celebrating the artists who bring Chamizal’s legacy to life.

Surf Ballroom

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The Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa was the site of the last concert performed by Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "the Big Bopper" Richardson hours before a tragic plane accident claimed their lives in February 1959. The performance at the Surf Ballroom has entered American cultural memory and played a major role on the early development of rock 'n' roll music.