Antietam National Battlefield

Sharpsburg, Md. Visited: June 2, 2006 NPS Site Visited: 297 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Site of a September 17, 1862 Civil War Battle; the bloodiest single day battle in United States history. The North referred to the battle as Antietam, the creek that runs through the grounds, while the South [...]

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Booker T. Washington National Monument

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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Carl Sandburg National Historic Site

Flat Rock, N.C. Visited: October 26, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 270 of 353 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? Longtime home (and goat farm) of Carl Sandburg, famed 20th-century American poet and Abraham Lincoln biographer. BEAUTY (6/10) The Sandburg’s whitewashed clapboard house is probably the least impressive home along the streets of Flat Rock. Its interior [...]

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George Washington Carver National Monument

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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