Category: Places to Visit
National Park Visitors Asked to Report Rangers for Making Negative Comments on U.S. History
This week visitors to the National Park Service’s parks around the country began seeing signs going up telling them to report any derogation of the…
Melvin Memorial to Three Ordinary Soldiers Concord Massachusetts
Before the 250th Anniversary of the start of the Revolution, my wife and I visited Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. During my planning for the…
National Park Service Sites That Are At Risk of Closing
The Trump administration has proposed a 38% cut in funding for the National Park Service (NPS). This would be a cut of more $1.2 Billion…
Federal Government Proposes 38% Cut in Funds to National Parks and Closing Some Down
The Trump administration has proposed a 38% cut in funding for the National Park Service (NPS). This would be a cut of more $1.2 Billion…
Soldiers and Sailors Monument Hackensack New Jersey
I was at a funeral in Hackensack, New Jersey and I found that near the funeral home there was a Civil War monument. Usually I…
Protest at Gettysburg Against National Park Cutbacks
As many of you know, the National Park Service has either fired or had staff members take early retirement for more than 10% of the…
Civil War Dead Monument of Concord Massachusetts
I went to Concord, Massachusetts for the 250th Anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. As you likely know, the first actions of that…
DOGE Stops Funding of Whitney Plantation Which Tells the Story of Enslaved Blacks
The Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana was founded in 1752. It contained dozens of enslaved African Americans until the Civil War broke out. In 2014…
DOGE Is Given Even More Power Over National Parks and Historic Sites
DOGE has reduced staffing at the National Park Service by more than 10% over the last three months, but on Thursday Interior Secretary Doug Burgum…
Civil War Monuments at Lexington, Massachusetts-Where the Revolution Started
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought on April 19, 1775, two hundred and fifty years ago. This is the start of the Revolutionary…
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