We travel the United States for work, and this has allowed us the time to enjoy seeing the National Parks and NPS sites. We always make plans to see one or two each trip we take. We have now visited 188 NPS Units including 25 National Parks. Where will our next adventure take us, keep checking back to see. Our lofty goal is to see all 433 units. The map above are States that we have been to all units of the NPS in that State.
The mounds preserved here are considered sacred by many Americans, especially the Monument's 20 culturally associated American Indian tribes. A visit offers opportunities to contemplate the meanings of the mounds and the people who built them. The 200 plus American Indian mounds are located in one of the most picturesque sections of the Upper Mississippi River Valley.
June 08, 2026
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Our 188th NPS Unit
A story of American opportunity.
In a growing Chicago neighborhood, diverse people and stories intertwined. All were seeking opportunity. Some succeeded. Others were limited—by race, gender, or economic status. Their stories came together in Pullman, a planned industrial community famed for its urban design and architecture.
June 4, 2026
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Our 186th NPS Unit
The Catalyst of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral near their hometown of Chicago. Her brave decision let the world see the racist violence inflicted upon her son and set the Civil Rights Movement into motion.
2 June 2026
This is a new unit in the NPS system, established July 25, 2023. The monument includes three sites, one in Illinois and two in Mississippi. The Illinois site consists of the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ in Bronzeville, Chicago. The church was the site where Mamie Till insisted on an open casket funeral service for her son to let the world see what had been done to her son. More than ten thousand attended the services for Emmett Till and this set in motion the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement. There are currently no visitor services at the Church and only the exterior of the Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ is open to visitors. Information is currently at the Pullman NHP. We picked up info on the unit at Pullman NHP, and we will pick up the Mississippi sites at a later date.
Our 187th NPS Unit
A Civil Rights Partnership
Medgar and Myrlie Evers were partners in the civil rights struggle. The assassination of Medgar Evers in the carport of their home on June 12, 1963, was the first murder of a nationally significant leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, and it became a catalyst for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Myrlie Evers continues to promote issues of racial equality and social justice.
7 Feb 2026
This site is a relatively new unit established in 2020. The home was the site of the murder of Medgar Evers on June 11, 1963, and became one of the catalysts for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Seeing the home and taking a few moments to reflect on the events there only takes a short time, but none the less this is an important site to see to better understand one of many events that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Taking in the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in conjunction with a visit here will explain the events that led up to that fateful day in 1963. We spent less than an hour here.
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Our 185th NPS Unit
