Search results for “San Juan Island National Historical Park”
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Magazine Article Breaking Ground A visitor center for Stonewall.
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Blog Post Celebrating the 'Book Man' of Washington, D.C. The pioneering educator Carter G. Woodson founded the precursor to Black History Month in 1926. Though temporarily closed for renovations, the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site is scheduled to reopen later this year.
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Blog Post A Transparent Ploy to Hinder Science An open letter to embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
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Magazine Article A River Spectacle Endangered mussels live on (and on) in the St. Croix.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3397, to Withdraw the BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule NPCA submitted the following position to members of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a markup scheduled for June 21, 2023.
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Blog Post Remembering the Manongs and Story of the Filipino Farm Worker Movement In the 1920s and 30s, Filipino immigrants arrived in the United States seeking fortune but facing discrimination as they worked in the vast agricultural fields of the West. These “manongs” played a significant role in building the farm workers movement, organizing and striking alongside Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta.
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Blog Post Mormon Pioneer Highlights Fierce Determination in a Rugged Landscape This story is part of our series on national heritage areas, the large lived-in landscapes managed through innovative partnerships to tell America’s cultural history.
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Magazine Article Renaissance Man Frederick Douglass’s home tells the story of a man who overcame enormous obstacles and paved the way for others to do the same.
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Policy Update NPCA views on provisions of H. R. 5986 NPCA shared the following position with the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of an anticipated hearing scheduled for October 1st, 2020.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 959 and H.R. 1289 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation considered on the floor of the House on September 16, 2015.
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Blog Post Birds—and Birders—Find a Welcome Refuge at Monocacy National Battlefield It’s been nearly 150 years since the clash that transformed some gentle fields in northern Maryland to the hallowed status of Civil War battlefields.
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Policy Update Position on S. 15 and S. 1230 NPCA submitted the following positions on legislation being considered by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on June 9, 2015.
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Blog Post The Meaning of Memorial Day How a Gold Star Family member honors the vets around her — and finds solace in the public lands dedicated to them.
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Blog Post Say No to Soda Mountain Solar Why say no to Soda Mountain Solar? NPCA has 6 reasons highlighting what's at stake near Mojave National Preserve.
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Blog Post Help Kids “Leave No Trace” As we start a new year, it’s a perfect opportunity to make a resolution to spend more time in nature with the young people in our lives.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 3480 and H.R. 4202 NPCA submitted the following positions to the House Natural Resources Committee ahead of a markup on June 14 and 15, 2016.
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Policy Update Position on H.J.Res. 38, Disapproving the Stream Protection Rule NPCA sent the following position to the Senate and House of Representatives ahead of anticipated floor votes in both chambers.
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Blog Post In Baltimore, the Red and the Blue Wave Together as One The flag at Fort McHenry reminds us what America stands for and how our nation has endured through decades of challenges.
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Blog Post Living History and Solemn Reflection at Antietam Commemoration On September 17, 1862, the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia battled for twelve savage hours on the banks of Antietam Creek in Maryland. When the fighting was over, 23,000 people had been killed, wounded, or declared missing, making that one day the bloodiest in the history of the Civil War.
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Policy Update Position on H.R. 799 and H.R. 3683 NPCA submitted the following positions to the Federal Lands subcommittee of the House Committee on Natural Resources ahead of a hearing on November 30, 2016
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Blog Post Victory: Incinerator Project Defeated at Monocacy County officials in Maryland vote down a trash-burning incinerator that would have been just yards from a Civil War battlefield.
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Policy Update Position on S. 21, the REINS Act NPCA submitted the following position to members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs ahead of a business meeting scheduled for May 17, 2017.
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Blog Post To Have a Functioning Democracy, We Need Truth and Justice I lived through three bloody coup d’états before coming to the U.S. To move forward from violence and division, we must be able to denounce propaganda, speak our truth and find common ground.
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Magazine Article Full Circle At Bears Ears National Monument, a crew of young men from the Pueblo of Zuni is caring for the cliff dwellings their ancestors built 800 years ago.
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Magazine Article Remembering Stonewall A spark, a movement and now, a monument.
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Blog Post Reflecting on Selma, 50 Years Later On March 7, 1965, courage and villainy collided on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, when John Lewis and more than 500 other peaceful protesters marched for their constitutional right to vote.
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Blog Post 2 Million Gallons of Pig Waste Next to a National River? What a Load of Hogwash! NPCA and its advocates are fighting an industrial confined animal feeding operation designed to hold thousands of hogs just 6 miles upstream from America's first national river.
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Magazine Article A Mammoth Discovery The lucky find that led to the creation of a monument.
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Blog Post Living Wild in the Wake of Captain John Smith A new water trail in the Chesapeake Bay watershed connects urban residents to a wild landscape and a fascinating history of exploration.
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Blog Post 9 Things You May Not Know About the Little Rock Nine “After three full days inside Central, I know that integration is a much bigger word than I thought.” — Melba Pattillo, one of the Little Rock Nine
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