News from July 2023


James Frederick Dawson

News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.


James Sturgis Pray

News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.


Henry Vincent Hubbard

News Release: Notable Projects while at Olmsted Firm.


Edward Clark Whiting

News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.


Percival Gallagher

News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.


Herbert J Kellaway

News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.


Change in Leadership at Virgin Islands National Park

News Release: ST. JOHN, U.S. Virgin Islands - The National Park Service (NPS) announces Scott B. Simmons will serve as Acting Superintendent of Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument beginning July 30, 2023. Nigel A. Fields, the departing Superintendent, returns to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) in a senior executive position after leading approximately $50 million in recovery efforts on St. John following Hurricanes Irma and Maria.


Harold Hill Blossom

News Release: Notable Projects while at Olmsted Firm.


Body of Missing 19-year-old Swimmer Jose Madera Martinez Recovered from Delaware River

News Release: BUSHKILL, Pa- The body of Jose Madera Martinez, 19, of Paterson, New Jersey, was recovered at around 11:15 am today from the waters of the Delaware River near Kittatinny Point within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area by National Park Service search crews. Today marks the third full day of the search.


“Senate Committee Meetings” published by the Congressional Record in the Daily Digest section on July 12

The Daily Digest section of the Congressional Record published “Senate Committee Meetings” on July 12.


Carl Rust Parker

News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.


Frederick Gage Todd

News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.


Emanuel Tillman Mische

News Release: Fort Tryon Park, New York City, New York.


George Gibbs Jr.

News Release: Notable Projects while at the Olmsted Firm.


Voting at Cedar Creek

News Release: “On the 11th we reached camp at Cedar Creek, where we voted for State and County officers in Ohio, under the law authorizing soldiers to vote in the field. No election anywhere was ever conducted more fairly and honestly than this one.".


Chapter 4: Froze-Up Southern Folks

News Release: Even after fifteen years in Michigan, Mrs. Watson is still afraid of Flint’s freezing cold winters.


Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt of Permit Applications discussed on July 17 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on July 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Flash Flooding Causes Closures at Saratoga National Historical Park

News Release: Torrential rainfall the evening of July 16 caused flash flooding in parts of Saratoga National Historical Park. This flooding caused substantial damage to the park’s eastern entrance at Route 4 and at numerous locations along the park’s hiking trails, including the Wilkinson Trail. Evaluations of the...


Magical Realism

News Release: In chapter 13, Christopher Paul Curtis embeds narrative elements of magical realism into the story. Magic realism blends aspects of reality, fantasy, and magic into the story. This technique emerges when Kenny begs his siblings to venture to Collier’s Landing (a place Grandma Sands strongly advises against...


Chapter 6: Swedish Cremes and Welfare Cheese

News Release: Momma sends Kenny and Byron to the corner store for milk, bread, and tomato paste for dinner. Instead of giving the kids money, she instructs them to "sign" for the food.