view gallery |  Fort Larned National Historic Site - Larned KS
in National Parks of the World Fort Larned National Historic Site preserves Fort Larned which operated from 1859 to 1878. It is approximately 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Larned, Kansas, United States. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kansas date approved: 5/13/2022 last visited: 5/7/2022 |
view gallery |  Fort Scott National Historic Site - Fort Scott KS
in National Parks of the World Fort Scott National Historic Site is a historical area under the control of the United States National Park Service in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States. Named after General Winfield Scott, who achieved renown during the Mexican–American War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Kansas date approved: 5/13/2022 last visited: 5/8/2022 |
view gallery |  New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park - New Orleans LA
in National Parks of the World New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park is a U.S. National Historical Park in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans, near the French Quarter. It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Louisiana date approved: 5/13/2022 last visited: 5/9/2022 |
view gallery |  Adams National Historical Park - Quincy MA
in National Parks of the World Adams National Historical Park, formerly Adams National Historic Site, in Quincy, Massachusetts, preserves the home of United States presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/13/2022 last visited: 5/10/2022 |
view gallery |  Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial - Lincoln City IN
in National Parks of the World Abraham Lincoln lived here from 1816 to 1830 and then the family moved to Illinois. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Indiana date approved: 5/1/2022 last visited: 5/1/2022 |
view gallery |  Indiana Dunes National Park - Porter IN
in National Parks of the World Indiana Dunes National Park is a United States national park located in northwestern Indiana. It was authorized by Congress in 1966 as the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and was redesignated as a National Park on February 15, 2019. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Indiana date approved: 4/30/2022 last visited: 4/30/2022 |
view gallery |  George Rogers Clark National Historical Park - Vincennes IN
in National Parks of the World George Rogers Clark NHP-The British flag would not be raised above Fort Sackville Feb. 25, 1779. At 10 a.m., the garrison surrendered to American Colonel George Rogers Clark. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Indiana date approved: 4/30/2022 last visited: 4/30/2022 |
view gallery |  Nez Perce National Historical Park - Spalding ID
in National Parks of the World The Nez Perce National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park comprising 38 sites located across the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington, which include traditional aboriginal lands of the Nez Perce people. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Idaho date approved: 4/21/2022 last visited: 4/21/2022 |
view gallery |  Minidoka National Historic Site - Jerome, ID
in National Parks of the World The Pearl Harbor attack intensified existing hostility towards Japanese Americans. As wartime hysteria mounted, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 forcing over 120,000 West Coast persons of Japanese ancestry (Nikkei) to leave their home. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Idaho date approved: 4/21/2022 last visited: 4/21/2022 |
view gallery |  Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument - Hagerman ID
in National Parks of the World Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument near Hagerman, Idaho, contains the largest concentration of Hagerman horse fossils in North America. The fossil horses for which the monument is famous have been found in only one locale in the northern portion. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Idaho date approved: 4/20/2022 last visited: 4/20/2022 |
view gallery |  Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site - Kawaihae HI
in National Parks of the World Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site. The site preserves the National Historic Landmark ruins of the last major Ancient Hawaiian temple, and other historic sites. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Hawaii date approved: 4/17/2022 last visited: 4/17/2022 |
view gallery |  Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park - Honaunau HI
in National Parks of the World Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park is in Hawaii. The park preserves the site where, up until the early 19th century, Hawaiians who broke a kapu (one of the ancient laws) could avoid certain death by fleeing to this place of refuge. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Hawaii date approved: 4/17/2022 last visited: 4/17/2022 |
view gallery |  Haleakala National Park - Makawao, Maui, HI
in National Parks of the World Haleakala National Park is an American national park located on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. Named after Haleakala, a dormant volcano within its boundaries. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Hawaii date approved: 4/11/2022 last visited: 4/9/2022 |
view gallery |  Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Kennesaw GA
in National Parks of the World Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park preserves and interprets several messages for our visitors: Civil War: Atlanta Campaign; Civil War Memorial; Civil War and Civil Rights; The People of Kennesaw Mountain. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 4/8/2022 last visited: 4/8/2022 |
view gallery |  Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park- Atlanta GA
in National Parks of the World A Great Leader is Born--A young boy grows up in a time of segregation…A dreamer is moved by destiny into leadership of the modern civil rights movement…This was Martin Luther King, Jr. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 4/8/2022 last visited: 4/8/2022 |
view gallery |  Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park - Macon GA
in National Parks of the World Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is a prehistoric American Indian site. It was previously known as Ocmulgee Mounds National Monument. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 4/8/2022 last visited: 4/8/2022 |
view gallery |  USS Arizona Memorial - Pearl Harbor, Honolulu HI
in National Parks of the World The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Hawaii date approved: 4/8/2022 last visited: 4/8/2022 |
view gallery |  Fort Pulaski National Monument - Cockspur Island GA
in National Parks of the World It preserves Fort Pulaski; during the American Civil War, the Union Army successfully tested rifled cannon in combat in 1862 there, the success of which rendered brick fortifications obsolete. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 4/3/2022 last visited: 4/4/2022 |
view gallery |  Fort Frederica National Monument - St. Simons Island GA
in National Parks of the World Fort Frederica National Monument, on St. Simons Island, Georgia, preserves the archaeological remnants of a fort and town built by James Oglethorpe between 1736 and 1748 to protect the southern boundary of the British colony of Georgia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 4/3/2022 last visited: 4/3/2022 |
view gallery |  Island Ford Unit Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area - Sandy Springs GA
in National Parks of the World Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) preserves a series of sites between Atlanta and Lake Sidney Lanier along the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, U.S. in a 48 mile stretch of river. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 4/2/2022 last visited: 4/3/2022 |
view gallery |  Castillo de San Marcos National Monument - St Augustine FL
in National Parks of the World Built by the Spanish in St. Augustine to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument preserves the oldest masonry fortification in the continental United States. The Fort was built in 1695. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Florida date approved: 4/2/2022 last visited: 4/4/2022 |
view gallery |  Jimmy Carter National Historical Park - Plains GA
in National Parks of the World The Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, located in Plains, Georgia, preserves sites associated with James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born 1924), 39th president of the United States. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 4/2/2022 last visited: 4/2/2022 |
view gallery |  Andersonville National Historic Site - Andersonville GA
in National Parks of the World The Andersonville National Historic Site, located near Andersonville, Georgia, preserves the former Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter), a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the final fourteen months of the American Civil War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Georgia date approved: 4/2/2022 last visited: 4/2/2022 |
view gallery |  Fort Pickens-Gulf Islands National Seashore - Gulf Breeze FL
in National Parks of the World Fort Pickens was designed and constructed to defend Pensacola Bay and the Pensacola Navy Yard and Depot from foreign attacks. Its purpose would reach beyond the physical boundaries of the Gulf frontier. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Florida date approved: 4/1/2022 last visited: 4/1/2022 |
view gallery |  Biscayne National Park - Homestead FL
in National Parks of the World Biscayne National Park is A Watery Wonderland. Within sight of Miami, yet worlds away, Biscayne protects a rare combination of aquamarine waters, emerald islands, and fish-bejeweled coral reefs. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Florida date approved: 3/29/2022 last visited: 4/5/2022 |
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