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Battleground National Cemetery National Park in Washington, DC USA
National Cemetery Battleground National Cemetery, located at 6625 Georgia Avenue, NW, was established shortly after the Battle of Fort Stevens in the summer of 1864. The battle, which lasted two days (July 11 through July 12, 1864) marked the defeat of General Jubal A.
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Big Cypress National Preserve National Park in Ochopee, FL USA
National Preserve The first National Preserve in the National Park System, Big Cypress has a mixture of pines, hardwoods, prairies, mangrove forests, cypress strands and domes.
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Big Hole National Park in Wisdom, MT USA
National Battlefield Big Hole National Battlefield is a memorial to the people who fought and died here on August 9 and 10, 1877; combatants in a five month conflict that came to be called the Nez Perce War of 1877.
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Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area National Park in Oneida, KY USA
National River and Recreation Area The free-flowing Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and its tributaries pass through 90 miles of scenic gorges and valleys containing a wide range of natural and historic features.
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Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area National Park in Oneida, TN USA
National River & Recreation Area The free-flowing Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and its tributaries pass through 90 miles of scenic gorges and valleys containing a wide range of natural and historic features.
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Black Canyon of The Gunnison National Park National Park in Montrose, CO USA
National Park The Black Canyon of the Gunnison's unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock.
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Booker T Washington National Monument National Park in Hardy, VA USA
National Park On April 5, 1856, a child who later called himself Booker T. Washington, was born in slavery on this 207-acre tobacco farm.
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Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site National Park in Baldwyn, MS USA
National Battlefield Located on MS Hwy 370 six miles west of Baldwyn, this one-acre site commemorates a battle which had one objective-- make impossible the threat of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to interfere with General William T.
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Buffalo National River National Park in Harrison, AR USA
National Park The Buffalo River is one of the few remaining unpolluted, free-flowing rivers in the lower 48 states offering both swift-running and placid stretches. The Buffalo National River encompasses 135 miles of the 150-mile long river.
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Cane River Creole National Historical Park National Park in Natchez, LA USA
National Historical Park Cane River Creole National Historical Park is located within the Cane River National Heritage Area in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The park includes 44.16 acres of Oakland Plantation and 18.75 acres of Magnolia Plantation.
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Cane River National Heritage Area National Park in Natchitoches, LA USA
National Heritage Area Cane River National Heritage Area in northwestern Louisiana is a largely rural, agricultural landscape known for its historic plantations, its distinctive Creole architecture, and its multi-cultural legacy.
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Canyon De Chelly National Monument National Park in Chinle, AZ USA
National Monument At the base of sheer red cliffs and in canyon wall caves are ruins of Indian villages built between AD 350 and 1300.
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Cape Henry Memorial National Park in Fort Story, VA USA
National Memorial After four and a half months crossing storm swept seas 144 weary Englishmen made land-fall in April 1607. They anchored their ships in the protected waters of the bay and landed a small party upon the shore.
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Capitol Reef National Park National Park in Torrey, UT USA
National Park The Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile long wrinkle in the earth's crust known as a monocline, extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to the Colorado River (now Lake Powell).
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