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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Katie Shepard
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Katie Shepard owned "The Beeches" hotel on North Manitou Island.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Independence Day Writing Challenge 2024
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Independence Day Writing Challenge 2024 "What does the word liberty mean to you?"
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Only 16 cows and 14 nursing pups remain at the Seashore! There are still 112 males scattered around, looking for their last chance to mate. This year’s weaned pup counts are higher than average. A total of 1063 weanlings were counted on 3/6.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: Welcome to the Platte River Campground and Sleeping Bear Dunes
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Blue Ridge Parkway
Stanley Abbott
- Type: Person
Stanley Abbott was the lead designer of the Blue Ridge Parkway. His vision of an environmentally sensitive design plan that preserved the cultural history of the route, guided the creation of a parkway that remains one of the most significant examples of landscape architecture in the country.
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Port Royal State Park
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“...the people…are moving not from choice to an unknown region not desired by them.” Elijah Hicks wrote these words to Chief John Ross while camped at Port Royal, Tennessee in October 1838. Port Royal was the last place over 10,000 Cherokees slept in Tennessee before crossing into Kentucky. They were travelling along the Great Western Road, part of the Northern Route, which ran from Nashville, Tennessee to Missouri. Visitors can walk about a 1/4 mile of that historic roadbed.
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The Bayard Rustin Residence is significant as the most important resource associated with Bayard Rustin (1912- 1987), a person of great importance in American political and social history. Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Rustin lived a peripatetic life as a social activist and organizer, living intermittently in a number of different homes. In 1962, Rustin purchased apartment 9J in Building 7 of the new Penn South Complex in the West Chelsea section of Manhattan.
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
Series: The Port Royal Experiment
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In the fall of 1861 after the Battle of Port Royal, the US military came ashore around Beaufort and found thousands of now formerly enslaved people in control of the region. The military had no real plan yet for what to do with these people or even their legal status. Newly freed Black South Carolinians were active participants. They demanded access to programs to support labor reforms, land redistribution, quality education, and military service.
Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Oak Ridge Wayside: From Little Boy to Big Fun
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A wayside exhibit in Oak Ridge, Tennessee describing recreational activities during the Manhattan Project.
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Banastre Tarleton, a British army officer, famously commanded the British Legion, a provincial regiment composed of loyalist infantry and dragoons, in the southern theater under Lord Cornwallis during the Revolution. Feared for his ruthlessness by the patriots, his early successes in the field earned him notoriety. Defeated at the Battle of Cowpens by Brig. Gen. Daniel Morgan, Tarleton's favor with Cornwallis declined. Tarleton was present at the surrender at Yorktown.
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For the first time at Big Cypress National Preserve, researchers used tree rings (growth rings) to study tree ages and which environmental/climate factors influence tree growth. One finding was that standing water levels—in this landscape shaped by water—are key. Researchers were also reminded that “you can’t always judge a book by its cover,” as some of the smallest trees measured were also the oldest.
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Obed WSR partners with the National Parks Foundation to offer monthly Junior Ranger "Let's Go Fishing" Programs.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: What Does Sleeping Bear Dunes Mean to You?
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: Where is the Sleeping Bear and Welcome to Sleeping Bear Dunes
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wayside: Explore, Play, Refresh
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Over the past 10 years, the National Park Service and the YMCA have partnered to connect more than 100,000 young people from 21 Ys across the nation to 65 national parks and historic sites through summer day camp programs.
Grand Teton National Park
Discovery Spot: Gopher/Marten
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Welcome to the Discovery Trail. As you travel down this path, use all of your senses to detect the plants and animals that make this place their home. Observe all that you discover, inducing clues to animal presence such as tracks and burrows. Linger at each of the benches along the path and try to unravel the stories of plant and animal interconnections.
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Designed to prepare youth for careers in conservation and environmental planning, the Cultural Landscape Apprentice program matches young adults with opportunities to learn about cultural landscape management in a hands-on environment alongside National Park Service (NPS) employees at San Antonio Missions. Dijonta, DariAnn and Daniela’s 8-month long apprenticeship just ended at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, and we asked them to share what they gained.
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
- Type: Place
Museum of the Cherokee Indian is a Certified Site for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail. The museum is dedicated to sharing the history and culture of the Cherokee people.