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News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. Pressing Needs. Original plans for Manzanar did not include ironing rooms. But as Togo Tanaka reported in June 1942, people ironing in their barracks “blew out fuses and plunged the rest of the entire barrack into darkness."...
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DOI-NPS offers new grant application process starting Dec. 22

LWCF State Assistance Formula Grants - Acquisition & Construction - FY23 Cycle 1 grant opened on Dec. 22.
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Lewis in Steubenville

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: 120 S 3rd St, Steubenville, OH 43952. Significance: Meriwether Lewis stopped in Steubenville in 1803 on his westward journey. Designation: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. MANAGED BY: Historic Fort Steuben. Amenities. 10 listed. Benches/Seating, Entrance Passes for Sale, Gifts/Souvenirs/Books...
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Lewis’s Air Gun

News Release: In Pittsburgh, Meriwether Lewis purchased a specialty “air gun" that he thought might be a good conversation piece, to help break the ice with people whose territory they would enter along the way-people whose help the party would need to complete the journey.
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Kīpahulu - Hawaiian Pronunciation

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Puʻu Koholā Heiau - Hawaiian Pronunciation

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Kūloa - Hawaiian Pronunciation

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Manzanar: Icon of Confinement

News Release: Quick Facts. Amenities. 1 listed. Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits. “The tower represents what the whole thing was about: imprisonment, loss of civil liberties, loss of identity. The tower was the only icon-that and the barbed wire.". - Sue Kunitomi Embrey, at the 2005 dedication of the replica...
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Puʻuʻulaʻula - Hawaiian Pronunciation

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Manzanar: Block 14, Barracks 1

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: southeast corner of Block 14. Amenities. 4 listed. Accessible Rooms, Audio Description, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Wheelchair Accessible. Crowded Quarters. “When we first got there, they put two bachelor men with us. So my dad put a sheet around our bed.". - Miyeko...
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Pīpīwai - Hawaiian Pronunciation

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Haleakalā - Hawaiian Pronunciation

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Pā Kaʻoao - Hawaiian Pronunciation

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Balcony House Parking Area

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Cliff Palace Loop Road. Amenities. 12 listed. Accessible Sites, Benches/Seating, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV, Recycling, Restroom, Restroom - Accessible, Tactile Exhibit, Toilet - Vault/Composting, Trash/Litter Receptacles, Wheelchair...
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Lewis’s Departure from Pittsburgh

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Point Park (specifically, Western Terminus of the Great Allegheny Passage): 601 Commonwealth Pl, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Significance: Meriwether Lewis spent several weeks in Pittsburgh in the summer of 1803, before his westward journey and commissioned a keelboat there. He departed...
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Staff Spotlight: Precious Vicente

News Release: Meet Precious Vicente, a Park Ranger at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument !.
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Rocky Mountain Youth Corps’ American Sign Language Crews Improve Trails and Historic Structures at Petroglyph and Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monuments

News Release: The National Park Service Youth Programs Division continues to increase accessibility in our national parks and expand opportunities for youth and young adults through a partnership with Rocky Mountain Youth Corps ’ (RMYC) American Sign Language Conservation Program. The American Sign Language Conservation...
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Accidental Shooting at Brunot Island

News Release: Quick Facts. Location: Brunot Island. Significance: Meriwether Lewis and his crew disembarked on Brunot Island on their westward journey in 1803. Designation: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. Lewis and Clark NHT Visitor Centers and Museums. Visitor Centers and Museums along the...
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