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Tag Archives: National Park Service
Text of H.R. 4003 - Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal 113th CONGRESS2d Session H. R. 4003 To designate the Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park comprised of certain National Park System lands, and by affiliation and cooperative agreements other historically … Continue reading
Posted in 1861, 1864, Battlefield Preservation
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Wisconsin Civil War hero could get Medal of Honor
by Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Alonzo H. Cushing is close to receiving the Medal of Honor, almost 150 years after his heroic actions at the Civil War battle at Gettysburg. A little-noticed provision of a House-approved defense … Continue reading
Posted in Artillery, Gettysburg
Tagged 4th U.S. Artillery, Alonzo Cushing, Andrew Jackson Smith, Bill Clinton, Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Delafield, Frederick Fuger, Gettysburg, Gettysburg National Military Park, Herb Kohl, James Sensenbrenner, John Heiser, John McHugh, La Crosse, Margaret Zerwekh, Medal of Honor, Menomonee Falls, National Park Service, Pickett's Charge, poshumously, Ron Kind, Theodore Roosevelt, William Proxmire, Wisconsin
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Top 10 Civil War destinations: The best places to relive the War Between the States
by the Marine Corps Times It’s hard to imagine, 150 years later, the carnage that occurred in just 12 hours of fighting. But as you walk along the infamous Sunken Road of Antietam National Battlefield, where thousands upon thousands fought … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcatraz, Alcatraz Cruises, Antietam National Battlefield, Arkansas, August 1862, California, Charleston Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Civil War, Civil War Battlefield Trail, dolphin watching, Eastern National Bookstore, Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Monroe National Monument, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Fort Sumter, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg National Military Park, Georgia, Glorieta Pass, Jefferson Davis, Labor Day, Marine Corps, Marine Corps Times, Marye's Heights, Maryland, Memorial Day, Mike Litterst, Missouri, National Park Service, New Mexico, Pea Ridge National Military Park, Pecos National Historical Park, Peninsula Campaign, Richmond, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Rio Grande, Robert E. Lee, Seven Days Battle, Shiloh, Shiloh National Military Park, South Carolina, Sunken Road, Tennessee, Texas, tourism, travel, Tybee Island, Virginia
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Civil War Museums Evolve to Stay Relevant
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Inside Louisiana’s Civil War Museum, battle flags line the walls. Uniforms, swords and long-barreled guns fill museum cases beside homespun knapsacks, dented canteens and tiny framed pictures of wives that soldiers carried into battle. In the … Continue reading
Oklahoma’s largest Civil War battlefield may become National Park
by Sean McLachlan The Honey Springs Battlefield Park in Oklahoma may become a new addition to the National Park Service, the Tulsa World reports. The U.S. Department of the Interior said in a report that there’s “potential action” for “support designation of Honey Springs … Continue reading
National organization recognizes battlefield preservation champions from Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee
(Chattanooga, Tenn.) – During a ceremony this evening Fairyland Club on Lookout Mountain, the Civil War Trust, a national battlefield preservation organization, will recognize three outstanding historic preservation advocates with its Chairman’s Awards for Achievement. The awards, presented by the Trust’s … Continue reading
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Tagged A&E, Abel Streight, Alabama, Battlefield Preservation, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Civil War Combat, Civil War Journal, CWPT, Daniel Fulenwider, Day's Gap, Fairyland Club, Fredericksburg, Georgia, Harpers Ferry, Henry Simpson, Hog Mountain, James Ogden, Lookout Mountain, Mary Ann Peckham, Mississippi, Nathan Bedford Forrest, National Park Service, Point Lookout, Southeast Regional of the Land Trust for Tennessee, Spotsylvania, Tennessee
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Eight Civil War battlefields get government grants
By Linda Wheeler, Washington Post Blogs More than $1.2 million in grants from the National Park Service’sAmerican Battlefield Protection Program were awarded this week to a variety of national battlefield projects including eight Civil War sites in six states: Kansas, Kentucky, … Continue reading
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Tagged ABPP, American Battlefield Protection Program, battlefield, Bull Run Preserve, Civil War, digital technology, Fauquier County, GIS, interpretation, Kansas, Kentucky, Linda Wheeler, Maryland, National Park Service, Ohio, Radford University, Saltville, South Carolina, Virginia
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National Park Service Director Jarvis Addresses The Value and Importance Of Maintaining Civil War Sites
Submitted by Jon Jarvis on July 25, 2011 - National Parks Traveler Editor’s note: As the National Park Service last week commemorated the start of the Civil War 150 years ago, Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis addressed an audience at the Manassas National Battlefield and … Continue reading
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