Category: Places to Visit
Civilian Reports on National Park “Wokeness” Are Released
Right after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, he issued one of his first Executive Orders commanding the the National Park System restore “sanity”…
Grant Cottage Having Community Day June 13 Near Saratoga New York With Free Tours
The Grant Cottage near Saratoga is having a free day to visit and enjoy more than a dozen activities. This day has programs for both…
Last Chance to Comment on New Arch Being Proposed for Washington Before It’s Approval
The Trump Triumphal Arch already has a design that is controversial because of its aesthetic qualities and because of where it would be placed. The…
Where Varina and Winne Davis Lived After Jefferson Davis’s Death
A fine hotel from the 19th Century where Varina Davis and her daughter Winnie lived after Jefferson Davis’s death is still standing and is a…
Wilmington Delaware Soldiers And Sailors Monument
Wilmington is a small city in the north of Delaware. At the time of the Civil War, there were more than 21,000 people living there….
Ireland Famine Monument Dublin
Most Americans have at least heard of Ireland’s “Potato Famine” during which one million died of hunger and related diseases and another million fled Ireland…
Administration Proposes a Second Year of Massive Cuts to the National Park Service
Congress has been holding hearings this week on the proposed budget for the National Park Service (NPS). As you likely know, last year the Administration…
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park Maryland
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park is at 4068 Golden Hill Road Church Creek, Maryland 21622 is a relatively new site jointly run…
Video: The Massacre of U.S. Colored Troops at Camp Nelson in Kentucky
PBS recently did a documentary of United States Colored Troops and Black refugees that sought refuge at the Union’s Camp Nelson in Kentucky in 1864…
Congaree National Park May Have to Redact Three Items of Printed Material on Slavery
Congaree National Park in South Carolina is eighteen miles southeast of the state’s capital of Columbia. The park gets fewer than 150,000 visitors every year…