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eisenhower.nps is located in Cumberland Township, #Pennsylvania, adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. This site preserves the home and farm of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, and its surrounding property of 690 acres. The property was purchased by then-General Eisenhower and his wife Mamie in 1950. The farm served as a weekend retreat for the President and a meeting place for world leaders, and became the Eisenhowers' home after they left the White House in 1961. The property has a putting green, skeet range, and view of South Mountain and the Gettysburg Battlefield. It was also a successful cattle operation, with a show herd of black Angus cattle. Some of the more notable of Eisenhower's guests were Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union, President Charles de Gaulle of France, and former Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain. The Eisenhowers donated their home and farm to the @NationalParkService in 1967, with lifetime living rights for the former president. Two years later, Eisenhower died at the age of 78. Mamie Eisenhower rejected the idea of moving to Washington to be closer to family and friends and, with Federal permission, lived on the farm until her death in 1979. The National Park Service opened the site in 1980. #pa #pahistory #SpreadTheHistory #nps #nps104 #goparks #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #explorepa #FindYourPark #architecture #eisenhower #eisenhowernhs #smallparksaturday #cumberlandtownshippa #gettysburgpa (at Eisenhower National Historic Site) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSqDMkDj2It/?utm_medium=tumblr

The interior of Aspet at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, #NewHampshire. The park preserves the home, gardens, grounds, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 - 1907), one of America's foremost sculptors best known for his monuments to the Civil War and his designs for the US $10 and $20 gold coins. The site is centered around Saint-Gaudens home, Aspet, which was built as an inn about 1817 and subsequently remodeled to suit his tastes after purchasing in 1892. Saint-Gaudens worked there during the summers between 1885 and 1897. Aspet became his family's year-round residence in 1900. It was named Aspet after his father's birthplace in France. The Cornish Colony of artists developed around the area, including painters Maxfield Parrish, Thomas Dewing, and Kenyon Cox; dramatist Percy MacKaye; American novelist Winston Churchill, architect Charles Platt; and sculptors Paul Manship, Herbert Adams, and Augustus' brother Louis Saint-Gaudens. After Saint-Gaudens death in 1907, his wife Augusta sought to make the property a memorial to her husband and as a place to exhibit his art and educate visitors about his work. In 1919, the non-profit Saint-Gaudens Memorial was founded. The trustees operated the Saint-Gaudens site as a museum from 1927 until 1965, when the property and its collections were donated to the @NationalParkService. #nh #nhhistory #SpreadTheHistory #nps #nps104 #goparks #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #goparks #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #explorenewhampshire #architecture #archi_ologie #art #smallparksaturday #saintgaudensnationalhistoricalpark #nrhp #cornish #cornishnh #aspet #FindYourPark (at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJM7ap1jpFH/?igshid=180zzu9t0aphs

Battery Gunnison, known as Battery New Peck following its modernization in 1943, at Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook in #NewJersey, now part of @gatewaynps. Battery Gunnison was built in 1904 as a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period battery with two six inch M1903 “disappearing” guns to protect New York City from naval attack. It was named in honor of Captain John Williams Gunnison, a US Army topographical engineer. In 1943, the “disappearing” guns were removed and the battery was modernized with two 6" M1900 pedestal mounted rifles from Battery Peck, also located at Fort Hancock. It was then used as an examination battery, which meant that it fired a warning shot at a ship that was not authorized to enter New York Harbor before shooting to destroy. Battery Gunnison/New Peck was deactivated in 1946. Since 2003, the battery has been under the careful #restoration of the Army Ground Forces Association, a non-profit living history group. They regularly open the interior of the battery for tours (during non-COVID times). #nj #njhistory #SpreadTheHistory #nps #nps104 #goparks #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #explorenj #OptOutside #FindYourPark #architecture #archi_ologie #sandyhook #gatewaynps #militaryhistory #visitnj #batterygunnuison #batterynewpeck (at Battery John Gunnison / New Fremont Peck) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMaz6RYDCHa/?igshid=1pykz7wylg5cy

Have you ever visited the Cross Estate, part of the New Jersey Brigade Area at @morristownnps in Bernardsville, #NewJersey? The original twenty-three room house, built in 1905, formed the centerpiece of John A. Bensel's 300 acre "Queen Anne Farm." The estate included a carriage house, five-story stone water tower, and gate house. In 1929, W. Redmond and Julia Appleton Newbold Cross purchased the home and renamed it "Hardscrabble House." After Mr. Cross' death in 1940, the house was extensively remodeled. In 1975, 162 acres of the property were added to the park from the children of W. Redmond and Julia Cross. The water tower was also built 1905, most likely from locally quarried granite. Two balconies once surrounded the second and fifth floors but were removed for safety reasons. An engine in a separate pump house fed well water into the tower which provided pressure for the plumbing system in the house. It is believed that the water tower was electrified after the Cross purchase of the property in 1929. Since then, it has supplied all of the water to the house and grounds. #nj #njhistory #SpreadTheHistory #nps #nps104 #goparks #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #explorenj #FindYourPark #architecture #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #morristownnps #militaryhistory #visitnj #smallparksaturday #crossestate #njbrigadearea #bernardsville #bernardsvillenj (at Cross Estate Gardens) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ4tw31DVin/?igshid=1swgpbqzcmizr

As of January 5, 2021, Weir Farm National Historic Site (@weirfarmnhs) in Ridgefield and Wilton, #Connecticut was redesignationed Weir Farm National Historical Park. The park commemorates the life and work of American impressionist #painter J. Alden Weir, his daughter Dorothy Weir, and her husband, sculptor Mahonri Young. J. Alden Weir owned the property from 1882 to 1919. Artists Doris and Sperry Andrews purchased the property after Mahorni Young's death and led preservation efforts with Cora Weir Burlingham to preserve the Weir Farm property as a National Park site. The site became a @nationalparkservice site in 1990. The property includes 16 buildings on 68 acres of land. #ct #cthistory #SpreadTheHistory #nps #nps104 #goparks #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #explorect #FindYourPark #architecture #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #weirfarm #weirfarmnps #smallparksaturday #wilton #wiltonct #arts (at Weir Farm National Historic Site) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKVFiysDBZK/?igshid=1motv1sqe250d

Today in history: @gatewaynps was established #OTD, October 27, 1972 and is composed of the Sandy Hook Unit in #NewJersey and the Jamaica Bay (Brooklyn and Queens) and Staten Island Units in #NewYork. Sandy Hook is home to the Sandy Hook Lighthouse (built in 1764), historic Fort Hancock, the Sandy Hook Proving Ground, a Nike missile launch and radar site, and numerous beaches, as well as salt marshes and a maritime holly forest. #nj #njhistory #SpreadTheHistory #nps #nps104 #goparks #nationalpark #nationalparks #nationalparkservice #americanhistory #nationalparkgeek #travelblog #travelblogger #explore #blog #blogger #explorenj #OptOutside #FindYourPark #architecture #archi_ologie #sandyhook #gatewaynps #militaryhistory #visitnj #spermaceticove #lifesavingstation (at Gateway National Recreation Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3iES0jOMO/?igshid=1wahjpcu1hpoo

The Nathanael Greene monument at @guilfordnps in Greensboro, #NorthCarolina. The American forces were under the command of Greene at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781. The monument was dedicated July 3, 1915. The smaller bronze figure at the front is a representation of a classically-garbed Athena with a shield and laurels. The monument was sculpted by Francis Herman Packer. #nc #nchistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #FindYourPark #travelblog #travelblogger #blog #blogger #explore #explorenc #history #nationalparkservice #goparks #nps #nps104 #nationalparkgeek #explore #nationalpark #optoutside #guilfordcourthouse #nationalmilitarypark #greensboro #greensboronc #smallparksaturday #nathanaelgreene (at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CF0xv6Ej36G/?igshid=7xz5ay0msdz0

Last weekend we visited @guilfordnps in Greensboro, #NorthCarolina. The park commemorates the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, fought on March 15, 1781. Although this battle was won by the British, it opened the campaign that led to American victory in the #RevolutionaryWar. The losses by the British in this battle contributed to their surrender at Yorktown seven months later. The American forces were under the command of Nathanael Greene. The military park was established on March 2, 1917. It was transferred from the War Department to the @NationalParkService on August 10, 1933. During the time of the battle, New Garden Road, which has mostly been preserved as a foot/bicycle path, was the main thoroughfare through this area and remains. There is no archaeological evidence of Guilford Courthouse (it was built in 1775 without a foundation), which served as the first county courthouse until it was moved about six miles south in 1808. #nc #nchistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #FindYourPark #travelblog #travelblogger #blog #blogger #explore #exploreny #history #nationalparkservice #goparks #nps #nps104 #nationalparkgeek #explore #nationalpark #optoutside #guilfordcourthouse #nationalmilitarypark #greensboro #greensboronc #smallparksaturday #newgardenroad (at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFstJUyDiE-/?igshid=195b9wcqqugxg