Governor's Palace, Colonial Williamsburg

The Governor's Palace at Colonial Williamsburg was the home of seven royal governors as well as Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson during the eighty years that Williamsburg served as the capital of the Virginia Colony.

Construction of the Governor's Palace ...

National Archives

In 1926, Congress approved the creation of a National Archives and the construction of a building to house the archives. The National Archives building project was part of Congress' efforts to improve and beautify the capital city. Architect John Russell ...

Fort Sumter National Monument

Fort Sumter was constructed in 1829 to defend the city of Charleston and its harbor in partnership with nearby Fort Moultrie. After the War of 1812, the Department of War authorized the construction of a system of brick forts along ...

Montgomery Bus Boycott

With the arrest of seamstress Rosa Parks, the thirteen-month Montgomery Bus Boycott brought national awareness of racial segregation on southern city bus lines.

Mrs. Parks refused the bus driver's demands to move from her seat for a white passenger. Her ...

National Historic Landmark- Cape Krusenstern Archeological Site

A series of 114 marine beach ridges, formed at an average of perhaps 60 years each since the time of the highest post-glacial sea level, the district contains the remains of peoples who have inhabited these beaches for 5,000 or ...

National Historic Landmark- Birnirk Site

Composed of a group of 16 mounds arranged in rows roughly parallel to the beach, this site is associated with the Birnirk and Thule cultures, both belonging to the North Alaskan branch of the Northern Maritime tradition, the earliest manifestation ...

National Historic Landmark- Bering Expedition Landing Site

Here naturalist Georg W. Steller, surgeon aboard Vitus Bering's ST. PETER, made the first attempts at contact between Europeans and Alaskan natives.

His investigations are among the first contributions to the West's knowledge of the natural and human history of the ...

National Historic Landmark- Attu Battlefield

Attu was the site of the only World War II battle fought in North America. Its occupation by Japanese troops marked the peak of Japan's military expansion in the North Pacific.

Its recapture by Americans in 1943 was costly for both ...

National Historic Landmark- Anangula Site

This island site was of paramount importance in the peopling of North America and represents the earliest known occupation in the Aleutians.

Archeologists have found evidence of ancient stone core and blade tools which were buried deep beneath many layers ...

National Historic Landmark- American Flag Raising Site

On October 18, 1867, the Russian flag was lowered on Castle Hill, home of Alaska's Russian governors, the American flag was raised, and a brief exchange of statements completed the transfer of Alaska to the United States.

This event marked our ...