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Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Week: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Posted in National Historic Site, tagged , , , , on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Day. Wait a sec, I don’t have off work until Monday. What gives? Well, today is his official born on date, January 15, 1929. He would have been 79. What should you do to celebrate, either today or Monday? Today has already happened so there’s little wiggle room there. [...]

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Lincoln Memorial

Posted in National Memorial, tagged , , , , , , on July 14, 2006 | 9 Comments »

Part of National Mall and Memorial Parks Washington, D.C. Visited: July 14, 2006 NPS Site Visited: 308 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? The instantly recognizable white Georgia marble neo-Classical monument dedicated to our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. BEAUTY (8/10) At the National Mall western end, the Lincoln Memorial stands, a steadfast [...]

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Booker T. Washington National Monument

Posted in National Monument, tagged , , , , , on November 1, 2005 | 3 Comments »

near Rocky Mount, Va. Visited: November 1, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 278 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Site dedicated to Booker T. Washington, a man born into slavery in 1856, who became a major figure in turn of the century United States history. Washington is best known as the longtime president [...]

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George Washington Carver National Monument

Posted in National Monument, tagged , , , on September 1, 2005 | Leave a Comment »

Diamond, Mo. Visited: September 1, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 245 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? The birthplace and boyhood home of George Washington Carver, one of America’s greatest inventors and one of her most remarkable men. BEAUTY (6/10) The George Washington Carver National Monument landscape is calming, quiet and lends towards [...]

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Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on June 18, 2005 | 2 Comments »

near Concord, Calif. Visited: June 18, 2005 NPS Site Visited: Not an Official Site NPS Affiliate Site Visited: 10 of 26 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? Site of a July 17, 1944 ammunitions explosion that blew up two ships parked side-by-side on a loading pier and killed over 300 men. Port Chicago was the largest [...]

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Fort Pulaski National Monument

Posted in National Monument, tagged , , , , on February 3, 2005 | 2 Comments »

near Tybee Island, Ga. Visited: February 3, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 143 of 353 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? One of 30 coastal forts built after the War of 1812 to protect the United States from foreign naval invasion. Fort Pulaski saw its only action early in 1861, during the start of the Civil War. [...]

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Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve

Posted in National Preserves, tagged , , , , , on February 2, 2005 | 1 Comment »

near Jacksonville, Fla. Visited: February 2, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 140 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? 46,000 acres existing mostly of salt marshes that border the slow urban sprawl of greater Jacksonville. The historical part of the preserve consists of a Sea Island cotton plantation and scattered Timucuan Indian ruins. BEAUTY [...]

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Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site

Posted in National Historic Site, tagged , , , , , on August 4, 2004 | 1 Comment »

Topeka, Kans. Visited: August 4, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 70 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? A museum that commemorates the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Supreme Court decision that made segregation in public schools illegal. The NHS is located in the Monroe Elementary building, the location of one [...]

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