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    a magazine cover showing the US Capitol with the title Punk at DC Area National Parks

    A zine exploring the emergence of punk in the aftermath of the Summer in the Parks Series of the late 1960s, the importance of Neighborhood Planning Councils to the development of punk, the activism that occurred on NPS land during the 1980s and 1990s, and the NPS's contradictory stance towards punk.

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    A black and white photo of two people walking on a trail lined by barriers at night.

    This page is part of a six-part series exploring DC current events through Fugazi concerts. Each article shares audio clips of banter in between songs at Fugazi shows, where band members and local activists weigh in on current events in DC & national politics. In this article, they discuss surveillance after 9/11, and hostile architecture.

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    A political cartoon about people forced into prisons, and shunned after exiting

    This page is part of a six-part series exploring DC current events through Fugazi concerts. Each article shares audio clips of banter in between songs at Fugazi shows, where band members and local activists weigh in on current events in DC & national politics. In this article, they discuss incarceration and gambling.

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    A poster for a

    This page is part of a six-part series exploring DC current events through Fugazi concerts. Each article shares audio clips of banter in between songs at Fugazi shows, where band members and local activists weigh in on current events in DC & national politics. In this article, they discuss homelessness and segregation in DC.

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    A woman stands with a sign that says

    This page is part of a six-part series exploring DC current events through Fugazi concerts. Each article shares audio clips of banter in between songs at Fugazi shows, where band members and local activists weigh in on current events in DC & national politics. In this article, they discuss DC finances, welfare policy, and the fort reno park concert series.

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    President JFK Signing a bill, surrounded by men in suits.

    This page is part of a six-part series exploring DC current events through Fugazi concerts. Each article shares audio clips of banter in between songs at Fugazi shows, where band members and local activists weigh in on current events in DC & national politics. In this article, they discuss the anti-nuclear movement, and military equipment in the DC police force.

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    A crowd watches a band perform in front of a white house, with a sign saying

    This page is part of a six-part series exploring DC current events through Fugazi concerts. Each article shares audio clips of banter in between songs at Fugazi shows, where band members and local activists weigh in on current events in DC & national politics. This article focuses on the punk community's perspectives on the United States' involvement in wars in the middle east.

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    A man plays guitar to a crowd, while another man records him with a camera from the audience.

    This is a six-part series exploring DC current events through Fugazi concerts. Each article shares audio clips of banter in between songs at Fugazi shows, where band members and local activists weigh in on current events in DC & national politics.

  • Andersonville National Historic Site

    Using the Film Andersonville in the Classroom

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    • Locations: Andersonville National Historic Site
    a wooden gate in an open field

    Popular media, such as books and films, have long been used to teach the story of Andersonville. The 1996 film "Andersonville" continues to be a popular classroom tool. This material is intended to assist teachers in clearly identifying historical reality versus Hollywood illusion and aiding students to think critically about the portrayal of historic events.

  • Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

    Lewis and Clark in TV, Theater, Movies

    • Type: Article
    • Locations: Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
    A movie poster from 1955 for “The Far Horizons.” 

    Television and film adaptations of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery can be easily categorized into two types: documentary or fictional parodies.

Last updated: August 2, 2023