National Park Service News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 9, 2010 Contact: David Barna (202) 208-6843 $1.2 Million Awarded to Preserve Battlefields National Park Service announces 25 grants WASHINGTON – More than $1.2 million in National Park Service grants will be used to help preserve and protect America’s significant battlefield lands. The funding from [...]

Christmas Tree Worms, Guns, & More Parktips May 2010 Parktips is a monthly compilation of newsworthy items and story ideas from the National Park Service. A new edition is posted on the first week of each month at http://www.nps.gov/news/index.htm. Just click on the Story Leads link to access Parktips. You can view past issues of [...]

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National Park Service News Release Michael “Alan” Marsh, Andersonville NHS, Michael_Marsh@nps.gov, 229-924-0343 x 115 Elise Cleva, NPS Headquarters, Elise_M_Cleva@nps.gov, 202-208-6843 November 10, 2009 Andersonville National Historic Site America’s Best Idea: National Park Getaway ANDERSONVILLE, Ga. – The National Park Getaways series directs your attention to a different national park each week. This week, the spotlight [...]

Rolling Thunder’s 2009 Ride Home – a multi-day annual activity held in conjunction with the National Park Service’s Andersonville National Historic Site and Georgia Southwestern State University to recognize and honor the nation’s Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action – will be held in Andersonville, Americus and Cordele, GA, Sept. Related posts Christmas [...]

Submitted by the Georgia chapter of the Trail of Tears Association ATLANTA – About 400 miles of new trail will be added to the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail in Georgia alone when President Barack Obama signed the Trail of Tears Documentation Act into law. Related posts Wash. man charged with 1st-degree manslaughter (0) [...]

One of the last settlements of the Geechee people, which has retained an African flavor, has been discovered by speculators. Related posts 2008 Director’s Report Highlights NPS Activities (0) Renewed Vantage at Center of Battle (0) Land Dispute Moves Memorial for 9/11 Victims Across a Pennsylvania Road (0) Judge Rejects Plan for More Snowmobiles at [...]