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Can You Identify These "Historic Firsts" In The National Park System?

Submitted by Jim Burnett on March 31, 2013 - 1:32am

The country's first National Historic Site celebrated its 75th anniversary earlier this month, and the occasion offers the opportunity for some fun challenges for NPS trivia buffs. Can you identify the NPS area claiming this historic "first"? How about the location of America's first National Battlefield, or the former national park that's now a national monument?

National Park Service Looking For Kids Interested in Becoming Junior Civil War Historians

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on January 20, 2011 - 2:33am

Kids who visit a handful of Civil War-era units of the National Park System will be able to earn a special Junior Ranger patch, one that recognizes them as Junior Civil War Historians.

Pilgrim Places: Civil War Battlefields, Historic Preservation, and America’s First National Military Parks, 1863-1900, Part III

Submitted by Richard West Sellars on August 16, 2008 - 3:02am

As with the southern Pennsylvania countryside surrounding the town of Gettysburg, the struggles between the United States and Confederate armies from 1861 to 1865 often brought war to beautiful places, with many battles fought in the pastoral landscapes of eastern, southern, and middle America— in rolling fields and woods, along rivers and streams, among farmsteads, and often in or near villages, towns, or cities.

National Park Quiz 5: Biggest This or That

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on June 4, 2008 - 3:00am

Bigger is not always better, but it certainly can be interesting. Many national parks claim bragging rights to the biggest something-or-other. Can you sort them out? Take this week's quiz and see how you measure up. Answers are at the end. No peeking.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Studying Interpretive Options for Moccasin Bend

Submitted by Chance Finegan on December 29, 2007 - 12:11pm

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (better known as Chick/Chatt) is the nation’s first park to commemorate a battle. Now, it might have a chance to better explain its Native American history as well.