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26 National Parks That Preserve Native American Heritage & Cultural Sites

Bram — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:28:00 +0000

With all that overwhelming natural splendor, it’s easy to forget that the National Park System also preserves a wealth of other things and places. In fact, there are literally thousands of Native American heritage and cultural sites in America's national parks, preserving archaeological sites, battlefields and cultural landmarks.

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Land Purchase More Than Doubles the Size of Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Georgia

Bram — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 23:16:29 +0000

This news story about the doubling in size of Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is based on a February 9, 2022, National Park Service press release. You can read the original release here. Preserving some of the most important Native American archaeological sites in the eastern United States, Georgia’s Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park has...

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19 National Parks Dedicated to African American History

Bram — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 15:44:00 +0000

There are dozens of National Park Service sites dedicated to African American history and culture. They commemorate Black American education and innovation, as well as the era of slavery and civil rights movement, music, and prominent and influential Black Americans, such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet tubman and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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33 Fascinating Presidential National Parks: Birthplaces, Homes, Monuments & Memorials

Bram — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 22:12:12 +0000

There's always been a close historical link between America's presidents and its national parks, from the creation of Yellowstone National Park to the Antiquities Act and many national park sites related to the presidents themselves. There are over 30 presidential national parks, dedicated to presidents like Washington, Lincoln, both Roosevelts, JFK, Eisenhower and more.

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