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Parker’s Revenge Exhibit Opens At Minute Man National Historical Park

On April 19, 1775, despite heavy casualties just hours before, Lexington’s Captain John Parker made the courageous decision to rally his troops and pursue the British on their march back from Concord to Boston. More than 240 years later, after extensive archaeological research over the last three years, Minute Man National Historical Park has erected an exhibit celebrating the little known but noteworthy battle called “Parker’s Revenge.”

Land On Fire

Charred landscapes, smoke-filled skies and, in some cases, shuttered national park lodges are becoming the new norm in the western United States. Why is this happening? In Land On Fire, Gary Ferguson provides a course on wildfire in a West made drier, hotter, and more combustible by climate change.

Exploring The Parks: Fort Necessity And Friendship Hill

In the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, just about an hour shy of the Ohio state line, sit a couple of National Park System units that might not be on your radar. I wouldn’t call them obscure, but being from the West Coast I had not heard of either until my NPS passport led me there a few months ago. Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin’s wilderness house at Friendship Hill National Historic Site and Fort Necessity National Battlefield, a small palisade built by then Lt. Colonel George Washington at the very beginning of the French and Indian War, introduced me to history that I was only vaguely familiar with.
  • By stratto - August 22nd, 2018 1:15am

The Armchair Photography Guide To Canyonlands National Park – Island In The Sky

Thinking of traveling with your camera to the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands National Park? Contributing photographer Rebecca Latson's latest Armchair Photography Guide takes you along stops within this vast district, providing tips on techniques and gear to help you make the most of your visit without having to hike long trails or venture into the backcountry to capture stellar images.