Interior Newswire News
"Spine of Steel": Mamie Eisenhower in World War II
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: During World War II, Dwight “Ike" Eisenhower would achieve some of the greatest accomplishments of his military career, though he didn’t do it alone. He relied on the support of his wife of twenty-five years, Mamie. While Ike took up military positions overseas, Mamie remained in the United States. She...
Annual Old Fashioned Spelling Bee and Ice Cream Social on Labor Day at Homestead National Historical Park
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Beatrice, NE - On Monday, September 4, 2023, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Freeman School, join in that time honored tradition of the Annual Old Fashioned Spelling Bee. Stick around after the Bee for a free Ice Cream Social, complete with games and activities that schoolchildren would have played back in the homestead era.
July 16, 1787: The Great Compromise Passes
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "Although we could not do what we thought best in itself, we ought to do something.".
July 14, 1787: Revisiting the Compromise
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "He was sure that no government would last that was not founded on just principles. He preferred the doing of nothing, to an allowance of an equal vote to all the States.".
Glacier National Park Fall Operation Adjustments for 2023
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Sept. 1, 2023] - As the autumn season approaches, operations in the park will start winding down. On Sept. 10, the park’s 2023 vehicle reservation pilot will end.
July 15, 1787: A Sorely Needed Recess
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "P.S. Have you thinned the Carrots which were too thick?".
Garfield Telegraph September 2023
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: A September day when life departed James A. Garfield.
Caparra Archeological Site Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: When Ponce de León set out to create Puerto Rico’s first capital, he chose a site in present-day Guaynabo on the northeastern edge of the island. Known as Caparra or La Ciudad de Puerto Rico, the city was established in 1508, making it the oldest known European community currently under the authority...
New information reveals the identity of a State Trooper buried at St. Paul’s
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: New information reveals the identity of a State Trooper buried at St. Paul’s.
Reclamation to temporarily close Delta Cross Channel Gates
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Walnut Grove, Calif - The Bureau of Reclamation will close the Delta Cross Channel Gates on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at about 10 a.m. The closure is required to meet salinity requirements in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The gates will remain closed until Friday, Sept. 8 at about 10 a.m.
George Mason Memorial Cultural Landscape
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Introduction. The George Mason Memorial is a historic designed landscape located in West Potomac Park along the southern edge of the Tidal Basin in downtown Washington, D.C. Since original development at the turn of the twentieth century, the garden has been widely known for its brilliant floral blooms.
Acadia National Park Advisory Commission meets on September 11
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet in-person at Moore Auditorium at the Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor, ME at 1 pm on Monday, September 11. There will also be a virtual option available for those unable to attend in-person. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comment.
Fall Operations at Craters of the Moon
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: ARCO, ID, Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve has started its fall season operations. The Robert Limbert Visitor Center and Natural History Association Bookstore are open daily from 9 am to 4:30 pm. Park films are available on request.
Bureau of Land Management Wyoming seeks public comment for proposed March 2024 oil and gas lease sale
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Consistent with the direction in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management Wyoming today released an environmental assessment analyzing 36 oil and gas parcels totaling approximately 19,140.94 acres for a proposed lease sale that would be held in March 2024. The release of this environmental assessment starts a 30-day public comment period, which will end Oct. 2, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
Remains of Climber Found on Reynolds Mountain
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: WEST GLACIER, Mont. [Sept. 1, 2023] - The body of missing climber Adam Fuselier, a 32-year-old man from Castle Pines, Colorado, was found by NPS ground searchers at approximately 11 am today. Cause of death is still under investigation.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Relaunches “Artist-in-Residence” Program with Local Clay Artist
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio Missions National Historical is pleased to announce the relaunch of its “Artist-in-Residence" program. The Artist-in-Residence program is a national park system-wide program that hosts artists in parks to help connect visitors and tell park stories using art. It has been several...
July 13, 1787: A Two-headed Snake
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: "The Doctor [Franklin] showed me a curiosity he had just received, and with he was much pleased. It was a snake with two heads. he was then going to mention a humorous matter that had that day taken place in Convention, in consequence of his comparing the snake to America,. but the secrecy of Convention matters was suggested to him, which stopped him, and deprived me of the story he was going to tell.".
Labor Day Weekend at Saint-Gaudens NHP
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: To the artists without the fame.
NRGNPP Announces Improvements to the Kaymoor Miners Trail Steps to close for three weeks in September
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: Glen Jean, W.Va. - The NPS announces work to provide necessary improvements to steps on the Kaymoor Miners Trail that will begin on Tuesday, September 5 and last for approximately three weeks through Thursday, September 28. Because of the scale of the project, a full closure of the entire staircase from the bench level to Kaymoor Bottom is necessary to ensure visitor safety.
Public invited to provide comment on Environmental Assessment for stream and wetland restoration project at Fort Dupont Park
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON- The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), is seeking public comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Fort Dupont Creek stream and wetland restoration project at Fort Dupont Park in southeast...