Rosa Parks Rosa Louise McCauley ParksactivistBorn: 1913 Rosa Parks, an activist with the Montgomery, Alabama, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), made history…
(Encyclopedia) Fundy National Park, 80 sq mi (207 sq km), S N. B., Canada, on the Bay of Fundy near St. John; est. 1947. It has a rugged terrain with a wooded interior and an irregular shoreline that…
(Encyclopedia) Carlsbad Caverns National Park, 46,766 acres (18,940 hectares), SE N.Mex., in the Guadalupe Mts.; designated a national park in 1930. These connecting limestone caves, with remarkable…
(Encyclopedia) American Samoa, The National Park of, c.9,000 acres (3,645 hectares), American Samoa, S Pacific Ocean. Comprising areas on the islands of Ofu, Ta'u, and Tutuila, the park features the…
(Encyclopedia) Katmai National Park and PreserveKatmai National Park and Preservekătˈmī [key], at the northern end of the Alaska Peninsula on Shelikof Strait, S Alaska, comprising Katmai National…
Name and location Total acreageAdams (Mass.)23.82Appomattox Court House (Va.) 1,772.36Boston (Mass.) 43.32Cane River Creole (La.)207.38Cedar Creek and Belle Grove (Va.)3,566.61Chaco Culture (…
Lowell National Historical Park Lowell, Massachusetts In the 1830s the mills in the booming industrial town of Lowell employed women almost exclusively. Thousands of young women left their…
(Encyclopedia) Cape Breton Highlands National ParkCape Breton Highlands National Parkbrĕtˈən [key], 367 sq mi (951 sq km), N Cape Breton Island, N. S., Canada; est. 1936. It covers a large tableland…
Name and location Total acreageKennesaw Mountain (Ga.) 2,884.14Manassas (Va.) 5,067.92Richmond (Va.) 2,151.94National BattlefieldsThe National Park SystemNational Battlefield Site
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