Adams National Historical Park
The park is located in Quincy, MA and encompasses 5 generations of the Adam's family. The
site includes the birthplaces of John and John Quincy,Adams, the "Old House" which was home to
4 generations of Adam's, and the Stone Library which is home to more than 14,000 historic
volumes and a collection of John Quincy Adam's books.
African American Civil War Memorial
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
The Allegheny Portage Railroad, first constucted over the Allegheny Mtns., was an
inclined plane railroad which operated between 1834-1854. It was considered a technological
wonder and played a critical role in opening the interior of the US to trade and
settlement.
Anacostia Park
With over 1200 acreas Anacostia Park is one of Washington's largest and most important
recreation areas. Included in Anacostia Park is Kenilworh Park and Aquatic Gardens and
Kenilworth Marsh.
Antietam National Battlefield
This site marks the end of Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North. The battle
claimed more than 23,000 men killed, wounded, and missing in one single day, and led to
Lincoln's issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Antietam National Cemetery
The Battle of Antietam, or Sharpsburg, on September 17, 1862, was the tragic culmination
of Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North. The peaceful village of Sharpsburg turned into
a huge hospital and burial ground extending for miles in all directions. These graves include
veterans and their wives of the Civil War, Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII and Korea. The
cemetery closed in 1953.
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,167-mile (3,488 km) footpath along the ridge
crests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in Maine to
Springer Mountain in north Georgia.
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
This is the site where Robert E. Lee surrended to Ulyssses Grant which signaled the end
of the Southern States' attempt to create a separate nation. The site includes the McLean home
(surrender site) and the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, the former county seat
for Appomattox County.
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
The Arlington House where Robert E. Lee called home for 30 years has been memorialized.
General Lee gained the repect of the people of both the North and South.
Assateague Island National Seashore
Bands of wild horses freely roam amongst plants and native animals that have adapted to a
life of sand, salt and wind.
Baltimore-Washington Parkway
Opened in 1954, the parkway is a 29-mile scenic highway that connects Baltimore, Maryland
with Washington, D.C.
Battleground National Cemetery
The Battleground National Cemetery was established to mark the defeat of of General Jubal Early's Confederate campaign to launch an offensive action against the poorly defended Nation's Capital. With a combined total casualty figure of over 900 killed or wounded during the conflict, 41 of these (Union) soldiers were interred in a specially created cemetery dedicated by Abraham Lincoln.
Boston African American National Historic Site
The site includes 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th century African-American community. The sites are linked by the 1.6 mile (2.5 km) Black Heritage Trail.
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Boston Harbor Islands national park area includes 34 islands situated within the Greater Boston shoreline. The islands are rich in natural and cultural resources.
Boston National Historical Park
Boston National Historic Park includes Old South Meeting House, Old State House, Faneuil
Hall, the Paul Revere House and Old North Church. In the city ol Charlestown, included are the
Bunker Hill Monument and the Charlestown Navy Yard. Most of the historic sites are connected
by the Freedom Trail, a 2.5 mile walking tour.
Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore comprises 43,604 acres of shoreline and upland landscape
features, including a forty-mile long stretch of pristine sandy beach, dozens of clear, deep,
freshwater kettle ponds, and upland scenes that depict evidence of how people have used the
land. A variety of historic structures are within the boundary of the Seashore.
Cape Henry Memorial
This is the first landing site of 144 Englishmen who established the first permanent
English Colony in North America at Jamestown. From this same site some 174 years later,
citizens of a soon to be free and independant United States of America watched as a British
fleet commanded by Admiral Graves engaged the French fleet of Admiral Comte de Grasse in a sea
battle know as the Battle of the Capes. This French naval victory sealed the fate of General
Cornwallis at Yorktown leading to his surrender with one third of the British contingent in
America and the eventural end of the American Revolutionary War. Today this quarter acre of
beach front is commemorated with waysides, a granite memorial cross, a statue of Admiral Comte
de Grasse and a walkway ramp up the dunes to a magnificant view of where the Atlantic Ocean
meets the Chesapeake Bay.
Castle Clinton National Monument
Castle Clinton National Monument, named for Dewitt Clinton the Mayor of NYC, was a fully
armed and staffed fort constructed to defend New York Harbor, although it never fired upon the
enemy during the War of 1812. It was changed from a fort to an immigrant landing depot for
approximately 34 years.
Catoctin Mountain Park
Catoctin Mountain Park is home to Camp David as well as many other attractions for
visitors: camping, picnicking, fishing, 25 miles of hiking trails, scenic mountain vistas, all
await your explore.
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
The park encompasses approximately 3,500 acres across 3 counties and includes the key
partner sites of Belle Grove Plantation, Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation lands and Visitor
Center, Shenandoah Valley Battlefield Foundation lands, and a developing Shenandoah County
Park.
Central High School National Historic Site
Little Rock Central High School, now Central High School National Historic Site, is a
national emblem of the often violent struggle over school desegregation.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
The C and O Canal follows the route of the Potomac River for 184.5 miles from Washington,
D.C. to Cumberland, MD. The canal operated from 1828-1924 as a transportation route. Hundreds
of original structures, including locks, lockhouses, and aqueducts, serve as reminders of the
canal's role as a transportation system during the Canal Era.
Clara Barton National Historic Site
Clara Barton National Historic Site commemorates the life of Clara Barton, founder of the
American Red Cross.
Claude Moore Colonial Farm
Claude Moore Colonial Farm is a living history site that demonstrates the life of a poor
farm family living on a small farm in northern Virginia just prior to the American
Revolutionary War.
Colonial National Historical Park
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607, is
administered jointly with the Yorktown Battlefield, the final major battle of the American
Revolutionary War in 1781. These two sites represent the beginning and end of English colonial
America.
Constitution Gardens
Constitution Gardens is a living legacy to the founding of the republic as well as an
oasis in the midst of a city landscape.
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
The Delaware Water Gap preserves 40 miles of the Delaware River and approximately 70,0000
acres of land along the river's New Jersey & Pennsyvania shores. A one-day auto tour
of the park can include waterfalls, rural scenery, and historic Millbrook Village.
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
This is the 1840s home of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America's finest and most influential
writers.
Edison National Historic Site
Edison National Historic Site provides a unique opportunity to interpret and experience
important aspects of America's industrial, social and economic past, and to learn from the
legacy of the world's best known inventor, Thomas Alva Edison.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Eisenhower National Historic Site is the home and farm of General and President Dwight D.
Eisenhower. Adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield, the farm served the President as a weekend
retreat and a meeting place for world leaders.
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
The only National Historic Site dedicated to a First Lady, Val-Kill, her home on the
Hundson River, welcomes the visitor as Mrs. Roosevelt welcomed her many guests.
Ellis Island National Monument
Between 1892 and 1954, approximately 12 million steerage and third class steamship
passengers who entered the United States through the port of New York were legally and
medically inspected at Ellis Island.
Essex National Heritage Area
The Area features historic seaports and New England town commons, industrial mills and
pristine beaches, renowned museums and wildlife refuges, working farms and inviting natural
trails.
Federal Hall National Memorial
26 Wall Street was the site of New York City's City Hall. The First Congress met in the
Federal Hall, and wrote the Bill of Rights, and George Washington was inaugurated here as
President on April 30, 1789.
Fire Island National Seashore
Pristine ocean shores, an ancient maritime forest, legacies of lighthouse keepers, and
the historic estate of William Floyd are just a few of the recreational, natural, and cultural
resources of Fire Island National Seashore.
Fords Theatre National Historic Site
Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed, just five days after General Lee's surrender at
Appomattox Court House. A well-known actor, John Wilkes Booth stepped into the president's
box. Booth's decision to pull the trigger altered the nation's power to reconstruct after the
war. Booth escaped into the night as Abraham Lincoln was carried to the Petersen boarding
house across the street. It was there that President Lincoln died.
Fort Dupont Park
Fort Dupont Park is named for the Civil War earthwork fort located within the park. It is
one of the forts that are collectively known as the "Fort Circle Parks", or the Civil War
Defenses of Washington.
Fort Foote Park
Fort Foote was designed to protect the river entrance to the ports of Alexandria, Georgetown, and Washington and replace the aging Fort Washington as the primary river defense. The fort was named for Rear Adm. Andrew H. Foote who died in 1863 from wounds he received in combat the previous year.
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
The valiant defense of the fort by 1,000 dedicated Americans inspired Francis Scott Key
to write The Star-Spangled Banner. The defenders of Fort McHenry stopped the British advance
on Baltimore and helped to preserve the United States of America. Following the Battle of
Baltimore during the War of 1812, the fort never again came under attack. It remained an
active military post off and on for the next 100 years.
Fort Stanwix National Monument
Fort Stanwix is where our shared heritage comes alive everyday, and explore the sights,
sounds, smells and feel of the 18th century. Discover how people endured harsh lives along the
Oneida Carrying Place, the superhighway of the 18th century, and directly contributed to the
American victory at Saratoga and westward expansion through New York s gateway to the west.
Fort Washington Park
Fort Washington sits on high ground overlooking the Potomac River and offers a grand view
of Washington and the Virginia shoreline. Today, only one silent gun stands behind the masonry
wall-the last armament of the powerful fort that once guarded the water approach to our
Nation's Capital. The old fort is one of the few U.S. seacoast fortifications still in its
original form.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
From 1877 to 1895, this was the home of Frederick Douglass, the Nation's leading
19th-century African American spokesman. Among his many achievements were efforts to abolish
slavery and his struggle for Human Rights, Equal Rights and Civil Rights for all oppressed
people.
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape
architecture and the nations foremost parkmaker.
Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvaniathis is the bloodiest
landscape in North America. No place more vividly reflects the Civil Wars tragic cost, in all
its forms. More than 85,000 men wounded; 15,000 killedmost now in graves unknown.
Fredericksburg National Cemetery
In July 1865, Congress authorized the establishment of a National Cemetery in Fredericksburg to honor the Federal soldiers who died on the battlefields or from disease in camp.
General Grant National Memorial
This memorial to Ulysses S. Grant, victorious Union commander of the Civil War, includes
the tomb of General Grant and his wife, Julia Dent Grant. During the Civil War, Grant's
tenacity and boldness led to victories in the Battles of Vicksburg and Chattanooga and Robert
E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. A grateful nation twice elected Grant to serve as President
of the United States,
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Today this 550-acre park memorializes George Washington and the place of his birth. The
park includes: the brick foundation of the house where he was born; the Washington family
cemetery where Georges father, grandfather, and great-grandfather are buried; the historical
area with the Memorial House, kitchen, and typical plantation surroundings; the picnic grounds
with a nature trail; and the Potomac River beach area.
George Washington Memorial Parkway
George Washington Memorial Parkway connects the historic sites from Mount Vernon, where
Washington lived, past the nation's capital, to the Great Falls of the Potomac where the
President demonstrated his skill as an engineer.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Located 50 miles northwest of Baltimore, the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania was the site of the largest Civil War battle ever waged in the Western Hemisphere. It was here that President Abraham Lincoln delivered his immortal Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863.
Glen Echo Park
The land and the historic buildings are a back drop for a rich arts education program.
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church was built between 1698 - 1700 and is the oldest church in
Pennsylvania. Revolutionary War patriots rest in the churchyard burial ground.
Great Falls Park
Great Falls Park, a site that is part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, is an
800 acre park located along the Potomac River 14 miles upriver from Washington D.C.
Hamilton Grange National Memorial
Hamilton Grange National Memorial preserves the home of founding father Alexander
Hamilton. This house was completed in 1802 and named "The Grange" after the Hamilton family's
ancestral home in Scotland, but served as his home for only two years. On July 11, 1804,
Hamilton was fatally wounded in a duel with his political rival Aaron Burr.
Hampton National Historic Site
The park preserves a vast estate from the 1700s. Hampton was the largest house in the
United States. It is the story of a seven generation family business, early American industry
and commerce, and changing cultural tastes.
Harmony Hall
Harmony Hall is an 18th century Georgian country house that architecturally ranks as one
of the great early plantation houses and an outstanding early colonial house of Maryland.
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Harpers Ferry has been the backdrop for remarkable and unparalleled events such as Native
Americans, industry and transportation, African-Americans, John Brown, and the Civil
War,.
Home Of Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site
The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site contains "Springwood", the
lifelong home of America's only 4-term President.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is one of the finest examples of a rural American
19th century iron plantation. The buildings include a blast furnace, the ironmaster's mansion,
and auxiliary structures.
Independence National Historical Park
Independence National Historical Park is often referred to as the birthplace of our
nation. Visitors can see the Liberty Bell, an international symbol of freedom, and
Independence Hall, where both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were
created.
John Ericsson National Memorial
John F Kennedy National Historic Site
John F. Kennedy National Historic Site preserves the birthplace in 1917 and boyhood home of the 35th President of the United States, and represents the social and political beginnings of one of the world's most prominent families.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
The Johnstown Flood has everything to interest the modern mind: a wealthy resort, an intense storm, an unfortunate failure of a dam, the destruction of a working class city, and an inspiring relief effort. Over 2,209 people died on the day the dam went, and thousands more were injured, in one of the worst disasters in our Nation's history.
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens constitutes some 700 acres and is part of Anacostia Park. The Park includes the "Gardens", Kenilworth Marsh, ballfields and recreational facilities. The Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens is the only National Park Service site devoted to the propagation and display of aquatic plants
Lincoln Memorial
A sculpture of a seated Lincoln is in the center of the memorial chamber. Inscribed on
the south wall of the monument is the Gettysburg Address. Above it is a mural depicting the
angel of truth freeing a slave. The unity of North and South mural is on the north wall.
Etched into the north wall below the mural is Lincolns second inaugural speech.
Longfellow National Historic Site
For almost half a century (1837-1882) this was the home of one of the world's foremost poets, scholars and educators, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Longfellow House was a favorite gathering place for many prominent philosophers and artists including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Julia Ward Howe, and Charles Sumner.
Lowell National Historical Park
The history of America's Industrial Revolution is commemorated in Lowell, Massachusetts. The park includes textile mills, worker housing, 5.6 miles of canals, and 19th-century commercial buildings.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
The Memorial is located in Lady Bird Johnson Park, a Potomac River island in Washington, D.C. The first area, is a granite monolith surrounded by a serpentine pattern of walks and trails. The second area is a grass meadow .
Maggie L Walker National Historic Site
The Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site commemorates the life of a progressive and talented African American woman. She achieved success in the world of business and finance as the first woman in the United States to found and serve as president of a bank.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park was established in 1940 to preserve the scene of two major Civil War battles.
Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on conservation history and the evolving nature of land stewardship in America. Opened in June 1998, Vermont's first national park preserves and interprets the historic Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller property.
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site is found in Kinderhook, New York. The Eighth President of the United States, Martin Van Buren purchased the estate in 1839 during his Presidency
Minute Man National Historical Park
Created in 1959, Minute Man National Historical Park preserves and protects the significant historic sites, structures, properties and landscapes associated with the opening battles of the American Revolution. Today, Minute Man consists of over 900 acres of land which wind along original segments of the Battle Road for April 19, 1775.
Monocacy National Battlefield
Known as the "Battle That Saved Washington", the battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864 between 18,000 Confederate forces, and 5,800 Union forces, marked the last campaign of the Confederacy to carry the war into the north. One of the objectives of this campaign was to capture Washington, D.C. which was a defeat.
Morristown National Historical Park
Morristown National Historical Park preserves sites in the Morristown, New Jersey area
occupied by General George Washington and the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
.
National Capital Parks-Central
The National Capital Parks-Central preserves and interprets more than a dozen NPS areas including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Ford's Theatre National Historic Site and the House Where Lincoln Died (Petersen House), Pennsylvania Avenue National Historical Park, and the Old Post Office Tower
National Capital Parks East
NCP-East offers a wide array of historic, natural, and recreational areas that are a part of Washington, D.C. The park includes 12 major park areas at 98 locations. Significant resources are as diverse as statuary, historic sites and buildings, recreation areas, parkways, archeological sites, tidal and non-tidal wetlands, meadows, and forests; and encompass over 8,000 acres.
National Mall
The National Mall includes the 2,000 American elms which line the Mall and the 3,000 internationally renowned Japanese cherry trees which grace the Tidal Basin. Gardens that display thousands of tulips, pansies and annuals in over 170 flower beds, and 35 ornamental pools and fountains range from the simple to the sublime.
National World War II Memorial
The National World War II Memorial, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC commemorates the sacrifice and celebrates the victory of the WWII generation.
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park commemorates the world's preeminent whaling port during the 19th century. A variety of cultural landscapes, historic buildings, museum collections, and archives preserve this history and recount the stories of a remarkable era.
Old Post Office Tower
The Old Post Office is one of the last remaining examples of Richardsonian Romanesque Architecture in Washington, D.C. The Old Post Office Tower is also home to the bells of the U.S. Congress.
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Farm
The primary feature of Oxon Cove Park is Oxon Hill Farm which operates as an actual working farm, representative of the early 20th century.
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
Pennsylvania Avenue is called the "Avenue of the Presidents" and "America's Main Street."
The Avenue is, America's Ceremonial Way, the place where the Nation comes to commemorate its
tragedies and triumphs. It is known the world over as the heart of the Nation's Capital.
Petersburg National Battlefield
Petersburg, Virginia, became the setting for the longest siege in American history when General Ulysses S. Grant failed to capture Richmond. Grant settled in to subdue the Confederacy by surrounding Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee's supply lines into Petersburg and Richmond. On April 2, 1865, nine-and-one-half months after the siege began, Lee evacuated Petersburg.
Pierce Mill
Peirce Mill was built in the 1820's, and operated commercially until 1897. Currently the mill is not operating. Peirce Mill remain's open to the public as a museum and ranger contact station.
Piscataway Park
The tranquil view from Mount Vernon of the Maryland shore of the Potomac is preserved as a pilot project in the use of easements to protect parklands from obtrusive urban expansion.
Poplar Grove National Cemetery
With more than 6,000 graves, Poplar Grove National Cemetery reflects the tragedy that befell the United States during the Civil War.
Prince William Forest Park
Prince William Forest Park is the largest natural area in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region at over 15,000 acres.
Richmond National Battlefield Park
Between 1861 and 1865, Union armies repeatedly set out to capture Richmond, capital of the Confederacy, and end the Civil War. Three of those campaigns came within a few miles of the city.
Rock Creek Park
Visitors walk in the footsteps of Algonquin Indians, the Old Stone House attests to a time when Washington, D.C. was a new capital, Peirce Mill reminds us how a new technology aided the economic growth of the nation, and Civil War remnants divulge stories of unrest.
Roger Williams National Memorial
Roger Williams National Memorial commemorates the life of the founder of Rhode Island and a champion of the ideal of religious freedom.
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site consists of 150 acres including the home, gardens and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907), one of America's foremost sculptors.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
The Site documents the development of the Atlantic triangular trade during the colonial period, the role of privateering during the Revolutionary War, and the international maritime trade, especially with the Far East..
Saratoga National Historical Park
Site of the first significant American military victory during the Revolution, the Battles of Saratoga rank among the fifteen most decisive battles in world history. The park now comprises three separate units: the 4 square mile Battlefield in Stillwater, New York, the General Philip Schuyler House eight miles north in Schuylerville and the Saratoga Monument in the nearby village of Victory.
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
This is the site of the first integrated ironworks in North America, 1646-1668. It includes the reconstructed blast furnace, forge, rolling mill, and a restored seventeenth century house.
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site
The Sewall-Belmont House was built by Robert Sewall in 1799-1800 and was named for him and for Alva Belmont, whose financial contribution enabled the National Woman's Party to purchase the house. It has been the headquarters of the National Women's Party since 1929.
Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park lies astride a beautiful section of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which form the eastern rampart of the Appalachian Mountains between Pennsylvania and Georgia.
Springfield Armory National Historic Site
After nearly two centuries of continuous production of rifles and muskets used by
Americas armed forces in every war in the nations history, the armory closed its gates and
fell silent. Reopened in 1978 as the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, the original
1840s arsenal houses the worlds largest collection of American military firearms.
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
Located in New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States.
Steamtown National Historic Site
Steamtown National Historic Site preserves the era of the steam engine which lumbers back to life. The cinders, grease, oil, steam and people of railroading have returned.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, became one of the 18th century's greatest champions of American and Polish freedom. The house at the corner of Third and Pine Streets, where Thaddeus Kosciuszko resided during the winter of 1797-1798, serves as a memorial to his life and accomplishments.
The Old Stone House
The Old Stone House, one of the oldest known structures remaining in the nation's
capital, is a simple 18th century dwelling. The house itself is a popular museum to everyday
life of middle class colonial America.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, lived at this site from his birth, until he was 14 years old. The reconstructed house contains five period rooms, two museum galleries and a bookstore.
Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
The Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural NHS preserves the former Ansley Wilcox home, the scene of the inauguration on September 14th, 1901.
Theodore Roosevelt Island Park
After Roosevelt's death on January 6, 1919, citizens wanted to establish a memorial in his honor. The wooded island in the Potomac seemed the perfect place. This island is a fitting memorial to the outdoorsman, naturalist, and visionary he was.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Thomas Stone is the story of man who signed the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Stone National Historic Site has a restored manor house and a collection of 19th century outbuildings.
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site
Touro Synagogue, dedicated in 1762, is the oldest synagogue in the United States and the only one that survives from the colonial era. The synagogue was designed by noted colonial architect Peter Harrison and is considered one of the finest examples of 18th century architecture in America.
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Valley Forge National Historical Park commemorates the collective sacrifices and dedication of the Revolutionary War generation.
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site
The Vanderbilt Estate in Hyde Park, New York is perhaps the best, most intact example of the types of estates constructed by wealthy industrialists in the 19th century.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial serves as a testament to the sacrifice of American military personnel during one of this nation's least popular wars.
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts began as a gift to the American people from Catherine Filene Shouse. Congress accepted Mrs. Shouse's gift and authorized Wolf Trap Farm Park as the first national park for the performing arts.
Womens Rights National Historical Park
In the Wesleyan Chapel, the First Women's Rights Convention in American history was held.
While women have achieved greater equality with the vote, property rights and education, the
revolution continues throughout the world today. Find out how it all began at Women's Rights
National Historical Park
Yorktown Battlefield
Yorktown Battlefield is the site of the final, major battle of the American Revolutionary
War and symbolic end of Colonial English America.
Yorktown National Cemetery
Today, the Yorktown National Cemetery, contains the remains of 2,183 soldiers, ten of which are Confederate. Only 747 of the dead are identified.
Green Mountain National Forest
White Mountain National Forest
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge
Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Block Island National Wildlife Refuge
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Conscience Point National Wildlife Refuge
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
John Hay National Wildlife Refuge
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
Martin National Wildlife Refuge
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge
Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge
Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge
Presquile National Wildlife Refuge
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge
Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
Wallops Island National Wildlife Refuge
Wapack National Wildlife Refuge
Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
East Branch Clarion River Lake
Weir Farm National Historic Site
American Impressionist painter, J. Alden Weir (1852-1919) summered at this country retreat for nearly 40 years. The 60 acre site preserves J. Alden Weir's home, studio, barns and outbuildings.
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