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 Interior Activity & Accomplishments
The Park is one of the hundreds that have benefited from President George W. Bush's commitment to address the maintenance backlog of $4.9 billion he inherited in our National Parks.
The three tennis courts at the park, the only such courts managed by the County Parks and Recreation Department, are worn beyond repair in spite of ongoing maintenance and will be rebuilt with this grant assistance.
The 558 addition to the park had been altered for a mixed-use development so a new entrance road and re-contouring of the area was necessary.
www.nbc.gov /accomplishments/report.cfm?states=VA   (3963 words)

  
 Colonial history of Jamestown, Virginia
Colonial history of Jamestown, Virginia and the Colonial National Historical Park, including Colonial Williamsburg and Yorktown.
The Jamestown settlement, Colonial Williamsburg and the Yorktown Battlefield all lie within the 23-mile parkway of the Colonial National Historic Park.
The National Park Service provides a variety of visitor programs including the Yorktown Battlefield Museum, Surrender Field, Moore House, Nelson House, Victory Monument, the French Memorial and the Yorktown National Cemetery from the Civil War.
ks.essortment.com /colonialhistory_rour.htm   (857 words)

  
 Talk:Cape Henry Memorial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Perhaps the answer is to merge the Cape Henry Memorial content to Colonial National Historical Park, rename this article, and maybe (or maybe not) put the lighthouse text here.
I think that separate article on Fort Story, Cape Henry Memorial, Cape Henry Lighthouse, and even First Landing State Park are not inappropriate, so long as they are not too duplicative, and contain internal links to each other.
Since I created these articles (except the one not yet written about First Landing State Park, which was formerly Seashore Sate Park, which is not totally at Cape Henry anyway), I will set about repairing them unless there is a consensus otherwise.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Cape_Henry_Memorial   (534 words)

  
 Colonial NHP On-Line Visitor Center
For teachers, there is a Teacher's Corner filled with information for those planning a visit to the park or just want to share Colonial's history with their classes.
Yearly park passes, Golden Age, Golden Eagle and Golden Access passports are honored and may be purchased at the Historic Jamestowne entrance station and Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center.
Experience the sense of place, that formed the character of a nation in the 17th and 18th centuries.
www.nps.gov /colo/home.htm   (496 words)

  
 Weaving the Fabric of American History
Historic Jamestowne-Colonial National Historical Park It began at Jamestown in 1607.
The National Monument preserves a continuous record of human life in the Southeast from the earliest times to the present.
Ocmulgee National Monument Ocmulgee is a memorial to the antiquity of man in this corner of the North American continent.
www.wjcc.k12.va.us /tahg/partners.html   (223 words)

  
 Colonial National Historical Park. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
Colonial National Historical Park, (14.6 sq mi/37.8 sq km), SE Va., in York, James City, Surrey cos., and independent cities of Williamsburg, Virginia Beach; 1 sect.
Includes 23-mi/37-km Colonial Parkway connecting historic towns of Yorktown (12 mi/19 km ESE of Williamsburg) and Jamestown, 1st permanent Eng.
www.bartleby.com /69/78/C09478.html   (157 words)

  
 NPS Park Science 17(2)--Springs and Seeps of Colonial National Historical Park
Springs and Seeps of Colonial National Historical Park
Locations of springs in the Yorktown unit of the park and general indicators of water chemistry from the springs were deemed important initial information for the type of hydrogeologic environment found in the park.
The study focused on the Yorktown unit of the park, and not all streams that originate outside the park were searched for springs and seeps.
www2.nature.nps.gov /parksci/vol17/vol17(2)/09colonial_springs.htm   (1099 words)

  
 Wildernet - Colonial National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park preserves and interprets the historic period of English colonial America.
Colonial Parkway is a scenic 23-mile parkway, bordering the York and James Rivers and connecting Yorktown, Williamsburg and Jamestown.
Yorktown National Cemetery, containing Civil War grave sites - 2,183 interments, 1,434 unidentified - adjoins the park; grave space is not available.
www.wildernet.com /pages/area.cfm?areaID=VANPCOLON&CU_ID=1   (590 words)

  
 Colonial National Historical Park --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The park was established in 1936 from Colonial National Monument (1930).
Nearby is a historical park, Jamestown Settlement, founded in 1957 and operated by the...
historical reservation that covers a total area of approximately 15 square miles (39 square km) in southeastern Virginia, U.S. Situated on a peninsula between the York and James rivers, it comprises five discrete units.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9024823   (812 words)

  
 Jamestown and Yorktown
Entrance to Colonial National Historical Park for Jamestown is $5 per adult (16 and under are free) and for Yorktown is $4 per adult (16 and under are free).
The National Park Service operates Colonial National Historical Park, which encompasses the original historic sites of Jamestown Island, the Yorktown Battlefield, and the 23-mile Colonial Parkway that joins Jamestown, Yorktown, and Colonial Williamsburg.
Allow additional time if you want to visit the original site of Jamestown on adjacent Jamestown Island, which is protected and administered by the National Park Service and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
www.americanparknetwork.com /parkinfo/cw/sights/jt_yt.html   (935 words)

  
 National Park Foundation
Learn what others thought about Colonial National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park Located in Yorktown, VA Colonial National Historical Park (NHP) administers two of the most historically significant sites in English North America.
The National Park Foundation depends entirely on the generosity of private individuals, foundations and corporations to fund its operations and grant-making activity to benefit National Parks.
www.nationalparks.org /planyourparktrip/parkprofile.asp?partnerid=1077§ion=4   (239 words)

  
 Friends of Saguaro National Park - About Us: About Saguaro National Park: Dates in History
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is preserved.
It declares "a national policy to preserve for public use historic sites, buildings and objects of national significance for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the United States." Among its results is the National Park Service program of designating qualified properties as National Historic Landmarks.
Mesa Verde National Park is established to preserve the archeological sites which "Pre-Columbian Indians" built on the mesa tops and in the alcoves of a score of rugged canyons.
www.friendsofsaguaro.org /datesinhistory.html   (7680 words)

  
 Jamestown 2007 - What is Planned
Jamestown: The Original Site is jointly administered by Colonial National Historical Park, a part of the National Park system, and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA).
Gallery exhibits chronicle the first century of the Virginia colony, and historical interpreters describe and depict early 17th-century life in outdoor recreations of the ships that arrived in 1607, a colonial fort and Powhatan Indian village.
The APVA and the National Park Service will unveil plans for a new visitor experience at Jamestown: The Original Site in 2002.
www.jamestown2007.org /visit.html   (334 words)

  
 Colonial National Historical Park
Colonial National Historical Park, 9,350 acres (3,785 hectares), SE Va., mainly on the peninsula between the York and James rivers; created 1930 as Colonial National Monument, renamed 1936.
Superintendant of Valley Forge National Historical Park Arthur Stewart and Tom Daly, CEO of the National Center for the American Revolution, return colonial-era powder horns once owned by the same sol (KRT Photos)
Colonial treasures are as close as these national parks.(Arts and Lifestyle) (The Boston Herald)
www.infoplease.com /ce6/us/A0812926.html   (307 words)

  
 THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION SUPPORTS VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE'S EFFORTS TO PRESERVE GEORGE WASHINGTON'S TENTS
In 1999, the Colonial National Historical Park in Yorktown, VA, was awarded a $162,000 Save America's Treasures federal challenge matching grant to restore, preserve, and prepare for public exhibition the only surviving Revolutionary War tents used by George Washington.
Until 1997, both the office and dining tents were on public display at the Colonial National Historical Park, when water damage from faulty exhibition cases created the urgent need for their conservation.
Passed from the first president to his grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, and then on to his great granddaughter, Mary Custis Lee, the tents were left in Arlington when her husband, Robert E. Lee, accepted command of the Confederate Army.
www.nationaltrust.org /news/docs/20000204_washingtons_tents.html   (416 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Green Spring Unit, Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
Alec Gould, Superintendent, Colonial National Historical Park, National Park Service.
• Office of Public Affairs, National Park Service, Department of Interior, 18th and C Streets NW, Washington, DC 20240,Telephone: (202) 208-6843.
Consistent with the park's mission, NPS policy, and other laws and regulations, three alternatives are presented to guide the management of the park over the next 15 to 20 years.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/July/Day-23/i18701.htm   (430 words)

  
 About Us--Historic Jamestowne
Combining the recent archaeological discoveries, the continued documentary research and innovative interpretive devices, new perspectives on the history of this nationally significant story will be revealed and shared with visitors from around the world.
Historic Jamestowne is owned and managed through a private/public partnership.
With 2007 just around the corner, Historic Jamestowne is preparing to launch long-term improvements for the next century of stewardship.
historicjamestowne.org /about_us   (228 words)

  
 Yorktown Colonial National Historical Park
Yorktown Battlefield at Colonial National Historical Park is open daily 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. with seasonally extended hours.
This Yorktown victory is given depth and substance at the National Park Service Visitor Center at the Yorktown Battlefield.
Its significant stops include: the American artillery park, Washington's headquarters, the French cemetery, the French artillery park, the French encampment loop and an untouched British redoubt.
www.virginiahospitalitysuite.com /yorkyorktown_colonial_national_histo.htm   (459 words)

  
 Preservation Online: Today's News Archives: National Parks Still Recovering from Isabel
In southeastern Virginia's Colonial National Historical Park, which includes the Jamestown settlement and Yorktown Battlefield, floods damaged Jamestown's custodial collection stored in a basement.
Flooding damaged the Jamestown glasshouse, located in Colonial National Historical Park in southeastern Virginia.
Hurricane Isabel trampled across more than 20 national parks on Sept. 18, and late last week many of them were still closed or assessing the storm's impact.
www.nationaltrust.org /Magazine/archives/arc_news/092903.htm   (410 words)

  
 Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge - Virginia State Park - - nearby CHESAPEAKE, FLEET, GRAFTON, HAMPTON, HAYES, NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK, POQUOSON, SMITHFIELD, VIRGINIA BEACH
Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge is situated on the southwestern corner of the Chesapeake Bay in the City of Poquoson and is strategically located almost midpoint on the Atlantic Flyway.
Colonial Capital Bed & Breakfast - 'We're here to spoil you' is more than a motto at CCB&B. Comfortable rooms, hearty breakfasts, & adult beverages allow you to enjoy Colonial Williamsburg/Busch Gardens/Water Country USA to the MAX.
Due to its isolation, this area was historically used for stock grazing, hunting, and fishing.
www.stateparks.com /plum_tree_island.html   (569 words)

  
 Land Acquisition
The National Park Service generally held that the eventual managers of a new park would be more effective if they were free of the taint of involvement in real estate negotiations that were sure to produce some lingering ill-will.
Subsequently he had supervised most of the National Park Service's restoration work.
Accustomed to digging hard for historical evidence in Virginia, he was both awed and delighted by the wealth of documentation available in Philadelphia.
www.ushistory.org /iha/dreams/dreams39.htm   (428 words)

  
 Colonial National Historical Park.
The Jamestown and Yorktown Visitor Center identified on a map of Colonial National Historical Park.
Location of Colonial National Historical Park identified on a world map.
The highest point is at Mount McKinley 6,194 m in Denali National Park.
www.pickatrail.com /sun/c/america/colonial_national_historical.html   (231 words)

  
 NPT - Completed Park Projects
NPT, Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg, and the Civil War Trust cooperated in 135-acre agricultural easement critical in protecting the historical significance of this park.
With the help of NPT, the Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park were able to accept a million dollar land donation to enable land swap of key in-holdings within the Park.
Since its founding in 1983, the National Park Trust has preserved or secured the donation of millions of dollars worth of property.
www.parktrust.org /npt-ach.html   (935 words)

  
 Time for Kids Specials WE PROTECT THE PARKS!
And they have come to the right place: Colonial National Historical Park in Jamestown and Yorktown, Virginia.
Yorktown, also part of this 10,000-acre national park, is the site where the British army surrendered to George Washington at the end of the American Revolution in 1781.
Jamestown was established as a national park in 1930 and about 700,000 people visit each year.
www.timeforkids.com /TFK/specials/parks/0,12405,365443,00.html   (401 words)

  
 Eastern National Home Page
We operate the Jamestown Glasshouse in Colonial National Historical Park, a fascinating demonstration of colonial glassmaking.
Eastern National, chartered in 1948, is an association operating in more than 130 national parks and other public trusts.
During the last 50 years, Eastern National's contributions have benefited the parks and visitors in many ways.
www.easternnational.org   (473 words)

  
 Adventure Tours Yorktown VA Virginia + National Parks - City Guide
, This national historic park administers two of the most historically significant sites in English North America: Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607, is administered jointly with the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, and Yorktown Battlefield, the final major battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1781.
, A National Park service property, this cave was probably used by a British gun crew to defend the river from the French fleet, contrary to the legend that describes this place as Cornwallis' hiding place at the end of the 1781 siege.
At the National Park Service Visitor Center, visitors can see the 15 minute film, "Jamestown" and browse the museum of 17th century objects.
www.discoverourtown.com /TownPage.php?Town=3254&Cat=Attractions   (725 words)

  
 Yorktown Colonial National Historical Park Activity
Contact the Yorktown Historical Park to request a Teacher's Resource Guide and to make reservations for the educational program "Fortunes of War."
Pretending to be either a British soldier or a colonial soldier, students could write a journal entry on the day of the Battle of Yorktown.
This later became the "Purple Heart." Locate information about this badge to determine what it looks like, why it is presented, and to whom it is presented.
www.mcps.k12.md.us /curriculum/socialstd/FT/Yorktown_NatlPrk_Act.html   (266 words)

  
 Virginia
(the Robert E. Lee Memorial), Luray Caverns, the Skyline Drive, and the Blue Ridge National Parkway.
The history of America is closely tied to that of Virginia, particularly during the Colonial period.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108283.html   (520 words)

  
 News Releases
Va., which is part of the National Park Service and owns the artifact,
The National Park Service consulted with Finkelstein on the next step,
For more information, contact the National Park Service at
www.history.org /Foundation/press_release/displayPressRelease.cfm?pressReleaseId=13   (469 words)

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