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Did you know that you can search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1925 online? Yep!

"Chronicling America" is a website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and The Library of Congress (LC), is a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages.

Learn more at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

HEARD ABOUT THE HABS/HAER/HALS COLLECTION
Conducting research on a historic site, structure, vessel or landscape? Consult the nation's largest archive of historical architectural, engineering, and landscape documentation - the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection - in The Library of Congress at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/

🎉 The first Fee Free Day of 2025 is here! 🎉

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, all National Park Service units will be waiving entrance fees tomorrow, January 20th. It's the perfect opportunity to explore the beauty of our national parks and reflect on the day’s significance. 🌿💫

📸NPS / Noah Greene

Recently listed, the Spiral Jetty is significant in Art and Landscape Architecture at the national level. Created in 1970 by American artist Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty is an exceptionally significant example of twentieth century Land Art (aka Earth Art). The large-scale earthwork project consisted of a 1500’ long, 15’ wide, basalt and soil, spiral-shaped jetty laid on the nearshore lakebed of the Great Salt Lake. Although originally intended to be in the water, because of fluctuations in lake levels the project now rests on the dry lakebed, yet it still retains sufficient integrity to convey its historic character. Designed as an entropic landscape susceptible to changes in appearance with fluctuating atmospheric and lake conditions, the Spiral Jetty was always intended by the artist as an evolving artwork. Recognized locally, regionally, and nationally, the remote artwork and its creator, have been the subject of considerable scholarly documentation and appreciation. Robert Smithson is considered by art scholars to be one of the most influential postwar artists in the United States and the Spiral Jetty and its accompanying film and essay represent the artist's most noteworthy masterwork representing an iconic example of the mid-twentieth century Land Art genre. The Land Art or Earthworks movement that first began in the 1960s, drew considerable attention during the 1960s and 1970s. The nomination provides sufficient scholarly evidence of the Utah project’s exceptional place in the early movement. Period of significance: 1970

https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2307494
https://ushpo.utah.gov/

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Photos 1-2 Spiral Jetty current view, Photo 3 Spiral Jetty in 1970.

Jimmy Carter National Historical Park mourns the passing of James Earl Carter, Jr., 39th President of the United States and devoted supporter of the park that bears his name. His death follows the passing of his beloved wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, in November 2023.

https://www.nps.gov/jica/learn/news/jimmycarterpassing.htm

Funeral information will be shared by The Carter Center, please visit their page or website for details when available.

In celebration of Wright Brothers Day and their first flight, we are featuring the Wright Brothers Memorial in Greene County, Ohio as a part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. Constructed from 1938 to 1940, the memorial park commemorates the exceptional achievements of the Wright brothers. The site overlooks the Huffman Prairie Flying Field, a National Historic Landmark where the Wright brothers mastered their flying skills and developed the first practical airplane, the Wright Flyer III. The African American CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) Camp Vandalia supplied the labor for the memorial, grading the land, laying the paving, and setting the base of the memorial in place. The dedication of Wright Brothers Hill was held on August 19, 1940, Orville Wright’s sixty-ninth birthday. The memorial park is open to the public daily and operated by the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.

https://www.nps.gov/places/wright-brothers-memorial.htm
Ohio History Connection
National Historic Landmarks Program

Image 1 (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, via the Library of Congress): Image of the Wright Brothers memorial. It is a tall, stone column with a bronze plaque engraved with a dedication to the brothers. The memorial sits in the center of a stone pavilion.

It is important to acknowledge that the Civilian Conservation Corps camps were segregated due to the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling of “Separate but Equal” in 1896.Twin Lakes State Park is composed of two historic facilities, the Goodwin Lake Recreational Area and the Prince Edward State Park. From its founding in 1939 up until 1964, Goodwin Lake Recreational Area was open only to whites and Prince Edward Lake Recreational Area was provided for use by Black people. In 1933, on the land that would eventually become Twin Lakes State Park, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp known as Camp Gallion was established. The camp served as the headquarters for the 1390th CCC Company, one of the few Black CCC groups in the state. The 1390th Company was credited with a number of other construction projects, including the construction of five 100-foot fire lookout towers, thirty-three bridges, and the two dams that created Goodwin Lake and Prince Edward Lake recreational areas. Virginia's state parks finally began desegregating after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended formal and legal segregation. Full integration and equal access to public accommodations gradually became the norm in Virginia. Goodwin Lake and Prince Edward Lake continued to be operated as separate facilities until 1976, when they were merged administratively into a single operation. Today, the state park remains open daily to all.

https://www.nps.gov/places/twin-lakes-state-park.htm
Virginia Department of Historic Resources

Image 1: Image showing a small beach front on a lake. There is a brown fence along the perimeter.

The Pritzer House, located in Claremont, California, has a bit of history with Friday the 13th. The house is a one-story fieldstone bungalow and was built for the Pritzer family. Samuel Pitzer moved to the area in 1893 and was a pioneer developer of the citrus industry. Lee Pitzer, Samuel's son, had this house designed in 1912. And they moved in on Friday the 13th of September. “A neighbor across the street said that we should never have moved in on Friday the 13th and that we would have bad luck . . . . We sure did." It was a cold winter and Lee hoped to raise the temperature on their land by running water into the groves. So, . . . it took 5 years for the grove to return to production. But, he did create a nice frozen lake for the children to skate on for a few days.
The house passed through two private owners and now serves as a regional office for Sunrise Assisted Living.
California Office of Historic Preservation

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123859416

photo 1: fieldstone bungalow set back from street
photo 2: central patio encased in fieldstone
photo 3: back entrance of fieldstone bungalow

As people travel in and out of town for the Thanksgiving break, we hope everyone will use patience and care on the roads. All good trips start with a safe arrival. We're thankful you're looking out for each other.

Photo by National Park Service.

, November 26, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon entered the interior chambers of the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. The fascination with Ancient Egypt has influenced since.

Morocco Temple (HABS FL-349)
219 North Newnan Street
Jacksonville, Duval County, FL

Building Dates: 1910-1912 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places - NPS: 79000668
Jack E. Boucher, photographer.

SIGNIFICANCE
Designed in 1910 by H.J. Klutho, Jacksonville's most prominent early twentieth-century architect, the Morocco Temple has a blending of detailing and Wrightian massing unique in his oeuvre; it is the home of the oldest chapter of Shriners in Florida.

LEARN MORE
See the rest of the HABS documentation of the Morocco Temple in the HABS/HAER/HALS Collection in The Library of Congress at https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/fl0262/

See HABS/HAER/HALS documentation featuring Egyptian Revival architectural elements at https://tinyurl.com/4urpyvnt

In honor of our Veterans, we want to highlight a uniquely designed memorial, based on England’s Stonehenge. The Stonehenge Memorial, also known as the Maryhill Stonehenge, is known for its significance as one of the earliest World War I memorials in the United States and as a social commentary on the futility of war. Conceived in 1918, and financed by businessman and philanthropist Sam Hill, Stonehenge Memorial is both a close replica of ancient Stonehenge and a memorial dedicated to local soldiers killed in World War I. Hill was inspired to use the ancient English monument as a model for his war memorial after learning that it was supposedly the site of human sacrifice to the pagan gods of war, a popular interpretation of Stonehenge at that time. In his choice of inspiration for Stonehenge Memorial, Hill sought to draw a parallel between ancient human sacrifice (as he understood it) and what he termed the “incredible folly” of modern warfare.

https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Reference/Profile/2304873

Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation

Image 1: Image of Stonehenge memorial from a distance. It is a structure of large stones in a circle formation.
Image 2: View of the inner stone rings and altar stone of the memorial.
Image 3: 1929 image of the Stonehenge memorial.
Image 4: 1929 image of the inner stone rings and altar stone. Behind the altar stone stand six men dress up in suits.