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To Our National Parks & Monuments

By David Hardy
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15 Minutes of Fame..?

The age-old argument continues… Do the times make the man or does the man change the face of time?  In the end it doesn’t really matter.  The two will be united.  Many historical sites have been preserved to help visitors reflect on these great people and the events of their time.

George Rogers Clark

Indiana

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The George Rogers Clark National Historic Park in Vincennes, Indiana was an unexpected jewel.  Clark was a little known Revolutionary War hero who led small bands of militia against the French, British and Indians.  His heroic actions saved the areas west of the Appalachians for America.  The audio-visual display is compelling and the huge marble memorial above an inspiration.

Booker T. Washington

Virginia

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Booker T. Washington was born on this Virginia tobacco farm in 1856 as a slave.   His beliefs and efforts toward education helped him to become the era's foremost black educator and one of the most influential  men of his time.  The Booker T. Washington National Monument is located 22 miles southeast of Roanoke, VA.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Washington, D.C.

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FDR only wanted a memorial the size of his office desk. Instead the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial consists of 4 huge landscaped sculpture gardens, one commemorating each of his four terms in office.

Two of the most impressive life sized sculptures were those representing the breadlines of the late 30’s (above) and FDR’s fireside chats over the radio (right).

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Carl Sandburg

North Carolina

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The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, south of Hendersonville, NC is the home where Sandburg lived and wrote for the last 22 years of his life.  Bookshelves line the walls and most books contain slips of paper marking references for past or future writings.  Here he found his "loneliness" and asked of himself, "Who am I, and where have I been?" and "Where am I going?"

Dwight David Eisenhower

Pennsylvania

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President Dwight David Eisenhower enjoyed bringing visiting heads of state to his home near Gettysburg National Military Park.  Here they would tour the farm in his golf cart, putt a few holes of golf and sit on this big back porch while Ike got to know the real person behind the diplomat.  Today, the Eisenhower National Historical Site is preserved as if Ike and Mamie had just left for a brief visit to her home in Denver, CO.

John F. Kennedy

Washington, D.C.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is only one of many sites named in honor of the late assassinated President.  This huge sculpture of JFK stands in the Grand Foyer providing entrances to the  Concert Hall, the  Opera House and Eisenhower Theater

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