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Castle Clinton National Monument – Place of Many Uses

No, this is not named after former President Clinton. We didn’t know this, or anything about the place, until we…
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Posted on: January 23, 2021 Last updated on: January 23, 2021 Written by: npufwadm

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

Nestled on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River Valley is one of the only remaining examples of the “gilded age”…
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Posted on: March 15, 2020 Last updated on: March 15, 2020 Written by: npufwadm

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

Today, March 8th, is International Woman’s Day – a day dedicated to celebrating women’s achievements, first celebrated in 1911. We…
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Posted on: March 8, 2020 Last updated on: March 8, 2020 Written by: npufwadm

Harriet Tubman – Veteran of the Underground Railroad

Last week we talked about how the movie “Current Wars” made us think about Thomas Edison National Historical Park in…
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Posted on: November 10, 2019 Last updated on: November 9, 2019 Written by: npufwadm

St. Paul’s Church NHS: Crossroads of History

St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site in New York captures America’s history; founded by Puritans in search of religious freedom,…
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Posted on: October 20, 2019 Last updated on: October 19, 2019 Written by: npufwadm

Who’s Buried in Grant’s Tomb?

The rangers at General Grant National Memorial in New York must get tired of this old joke; the answer to…
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Posted on: October 13, 2019 Last updated on: October 12, 2019 Written by: npufwadm

A New York Welcome: Statue of Liberty National Monument

We are heading off to visit New York City this coming weekend and it got us to thinking about all…
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Posted on: October 6, 2019 Last updated on: October 5, 2019 Written by: npufwadm

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…
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Posted on: November 4, 2018 Last updated on: August 24, 2019 Written by: npufwadm

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…
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Posted on: May 13, 2018 Last updated on: August 24, 2019 Written by: npufwadm

Trains, Planes and Automobiles

As we were watching the Barrett-Jackson Car Auction last night, we thought about the role of the automobile and the place…
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Posted on: January 21, 2018 Last updated on: August 24, 2019 Written by: npufwadm
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