August 2019 marks the 103rd anniversary of the National Park Service so we looked to see if there were any…
Tag: National Historical Park
Palo Alto Battlefield: The War Begins
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park, in what is now Brownsville Texas, was the site of the first clash in…
Golden Spike National Historical Park celebrates 150 years
It was 150 years ago, in the year 1869, that the transcontinental railway became a reality. Two rail lines met…
Winter 1777-78 at Valley Forge
As the country lies in the throes of winter, our thoughts turned to the winter of 1777-78 and the third…
Voting Day and Women’s Rights National Historical Park
With the US mid-term elections upon us, it made us think about how recently it was that women got the…
Labor Day at Lowell National Historical Park
When you think of national park units, you don’t often think of a factory. But that is what Lowell National…
Happy Father’s Day from Adams NHP
#HappyFathersDay There is one National Park Unit that commemorates both a father and a son. That is Adams National Historical…
Happy Mother’s Day, National Park Style
As we celebrate Mother’s Day and all of the wonderful women in our lives, we started to reflect on National…
Did you ever stumble across something interesting and totally unexpected?
While we were driving across Illinois on highway 50 – making our way towards the covered bridges near Indianapolis –…
What does St. Patrick’s Day have to do with the Revolutionary War?
Did you know that St. Patrick’s Day was the ONLY day that General George Washington gave his soldiers as a…