Gateway Arch, established in 2018, is one of the newest and smallest National Parks. The arch itself, built on National Park land initially set aside in 1935, has been around since 1967 and stands as a monument to St. Louis, Missouri’s role in the westward expansion of the United States. Visitor Rating (write your own […]
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Category: Historic Events
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail commemorates the routes taken by the Cherokee tribes when they were forced from their native lands into reservations in current-day Oklahoma in 1838-1839. 16,000 Cherokee were removed from their homelands in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, and 1,000 died on the journey. Visitor Rating (write your own review […]
Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Airfield, Alabama, was placed on the Register of Historic Landmarks in 1998 to preserve the site where the first African American pilots and maintainers of the US Armed Forces were trained during WWII. These men persevered against doubt and racism at every level to become one of the most […]
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, Alabama recognizes the national importance of the Tuskegee Institute, founded in 1881 primarily to train black teachers who would raise the standard of living for southern African Americans through education and innovation. Tuskegee was quickly built from a classroom in a borrowed church into a first-rate university and center of invention by […]
Gettysburg
Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania preserves the site of the largest battle ever fought in North America and the turning point of the U.S. Civil War. The battle involved more than 160,000 troops and marked the end of General Robert E. Lee’s excursion into the North. The park surrounds the small town of Gettysburg, […]
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, at the corner of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, protects an area full of rich US history. George Washington chose this area as the location for a major US arsenal, Thomas Jefferson marveled at the beauty of the mountains rising from the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, Meriwether Lewis […]
Dayton Aviation Heritage
Dayton Aviation Heritage NHP, Ohio, consists of several units around Dayton which are significant to three of Dayton’s most famous past residents, Orville and Wilbur Wright, inventors of the airplane, and Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first widely acclaimed African American authors. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review […]
Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Pearl Harbor National Memorial was established March 12th, 2019 from the former World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Hawaii. It’s one of the newer National Park units, though its most famous memorial, the USS Arizona, has been protected as a National Memorial for decades and seen millions of visitors. The larger monument […]
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta, Georgia, protects birthplace and boyhood home of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorates the history of the civil rights movement in the US. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating Overall Rating ILNP Park Review “I have a dream that one […]
National Mall
The National Mall, occupying the site of the “grand avenue” in L’Enfant’s original design for the U.S. capitol and placed under NPS management in 1965, is home to several key monuments and memorials including the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Franklin Roosevelt Memorial, National WWII Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. […]
Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina, commemorates the location of man’s first flight in a heavier-than-air machine by Orville and Wilbur Wright in December 1903. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. I visited Wright Brothers NMem, North Carolina, in April via a 1/2 day driving excursion while […]
Minute Man
Minute Man National Historical Park, Massachusetts, protects the historic ground near Lexington and Concord, MA where the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War was fought. Visitor Rating (write your own review below) ILNP Rating ILNP Park Review Our Visit. I visited Minute Man NHP while on a business trip to Boston, MA in […]