The new park is Amache National Historic Site located in Colorado. Amache, also know at the Granada Relocation Center. It’s one ten incarceration sites established by the War Relocation Authority during World War II to unjustly incarcerate Japanese Americans. Over 10,000 people, most American citizens, were incarcerated at Amache from 1942-1945.
Star-Spangled Banner
On March 3, 1931 – The Star-Spangled Banner Became Our National Anthem for America. The lyrics come from the poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry” written in September 14, 1814 by Francis Scott Key. The Star-Spangled Banner was first recognized for official use by the US Navy in 1889. On March 3, 1931, the US Congress…
Texas: Prada/Marfa
Have you ever heard of the Prada Store? This Prada Store has shoes and purse to look at, but the catch is that this building is not a real store. It’s a building of art. On the way to Marfa, Texas you can see this building in the middle of the desert. A couple of…
Maine: Acadia National Park #115
On 10/1/2023, me and my family went to Acadia National Park. It was so beautiful to see all the green and also all the mixed colors too. Also got to see the water. Here are some pictures of us with the signs. 1st pic is me in front of the National Park sign. 2nd pic…
AK: Kenai Fjords National Park, 8/1985 – Scrapbook
I started redoing my scrapbook. This in my new two pay layout of Kenai Fjords NP. On this trip we went on a boat and saw alot of sea life.
Western National Parks Association
https://www.wnpa.org/ – This is the website for the Western National Parks Association. WNPA is located in Tucson, AZ. It’s a store the helps the funds of all the parks that they support. There are 71 parks that they support. Here is a list of the parks. How many have you been to from this list? I…
National Historic Landmarks: Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Alabama)
This church is a National Historic Landmark. Sixteenth Street Baptist Church is located in Birmingham, Alabama. This church was used for meetings, training center and departure points for marches during the Civil Rights Movement. Also in 9/1963 there was a bombing there that killed four young girls and injure twenty- two others. The Ku Klux…
Maine/Canada: Roosevelt Campobello International Park
In October 2023, me and my dad went up to Canada to see the Roosevelt Campobello International Park. It is a beautiful cottage and area. The parents of Franklin Roosevelt, James and Sara Roosevelt like the area so much they bought some land to build a summer cottage for summer. Both families of his parents…
Maine: Wild Blueberry Lands
On 10/2/2023 – at our last stop for the day was a cute place called Wild Blueberry Lands. This is where you can get anything that is made out of blueberries. They were about to close for the season but we did get a blueberry pie that was very good. I never had a blueberry…
Theodore Roosevelt Phrase
In 1994, I got this postcard from my dad. When he went to Theodore Roosevelt National Park for work. There is a phrase from Theodore Roosevelt from 1915. “Wild beasts and birds are by right not the property merely of the people alive to-day but the property of the unborn generations, whose belongings we have…