Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller NHP

Green Pastures and Green Mountains

Walk through one of Vermont's most beautiful landscapes, under the shade of sugar maples and 400-year-old hemlocks, across covered bridges and alongside rambling stone walls. This is a landscape of loss, recovery, and conservation. This is a story of stewardship, of people taking care of places - sharing an enduring connection to land and a sense of hope for the future.

Sept 15 2011
Different for a NHP. We are still trying to wrap our finger around the reason this one is in the National Park system. We did not take the tour of the house so guess we will stop by again and spend some time here.

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Our 64th NPS Unit

Saint-Gaudens NHS

Step into the world of one of America’s greatest artists

Discover the home, studios and gardens of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of America’s greatest sculptors. See over 100 of his artworks in the galleries and on the grounds, from heroic public monuments to expressive portrait reliefs, and the gold coins which changed the look of American coinage. Enjoy summer concerts, explore nature trails, or indulge your hidden talents during a sculpture class.

Sept 13 2011
We Thought this would be a short visit but we were so wrong. There is so much to see here and taking your time is the best way to take it all in. Saint-Gaudens was a great sculpture and his work can be found across this country.

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Our 63rd NPS Unit

                                                          

Springfield Armory NHS

                          

Forging Arms for the Nation

For nearly two centuries, the US Armed Forces and American industry looked to Springfield Armory for innovative engineering and superior firearms. Springfield Armory National Historic Site commemorates the critical role of the nation’s first armory by preserving and interpreting the world's largest historic US military small arms collection, along with historic archives, buildings, and landscapes.

Sept 12 2011
This was a great site and a must for anyone into the history of Firearms. This Armory played a vital role in every conflict this country has been involved in. There are firearms across the times from the 1700's to modern time's. Plan on a long visit to take all in all this site has to offer.

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Our 62nd NPS Unit

Morristown NHP

Where America Survived

Morristown National Historical Park commemorates the sites of General Washington and the Continental army’s winter encampment of December 1779 to June 1780, where they survived through what would be the coldest winter on record. The park also maintains a museum & library collection related to the encampments & George Washington, as well as items relating to pre- and post-Revolutionary America.

Sept 9 2011
This was a second visit park. A vital point in our fight for Independence. A must see and tour is the house George Washington stayed, then spend some time at Jockey Hollow to learn how the troops fought to survive a very hard winter.

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Our 30th NPS Unit