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National Park Service
Contains all of the major monuments and memorials in the United States and memorials in foreign countries concerning the US. All sites have at least one photo and include numerous topics of information on the site and events occurring at the site. For example the site on the Mall also includes a listing of the monuments found in the Mall area, current news concerning the area, such as the events on July 4th.

• Parks - Gives the names, locations, and general information on the sites, such as the operating hours and directions.
• etHistorical subjects - Listed by topics or you may perform a search to find sites related to certain historical subjects and events. Directs you to homepage for site where you may obtain more information.
• Grants - How to obtain grants for particular projects.
• Wildlife Park Info - Gives facts about animals, pollution, types of parks and educational opportunities.
• Learn - Provides resources and activities for teachers, activities and information for kids, facilities available for visits to the parks.
• Service - Details on employment, volunteers, park policies, the organization’s mission, history of the organization, feedback, park visitor’s passes, press contact and information, directors, budget, and park planning.

African American Monuments, Museums, and Memorials
This site provides a listing of all African American sites located throughout the US. The list includes links to the homepages created by each organization. These sites provide the history of their topic, the hours of the site, photos of the site, address, special upcoming events, and general visitor info. The quality varies on the size of the organization, usually with the larger organization having a more developed page, but it seems that most pages are sufficient.

National Wildlife Federation
This organization presents general information of their sites along with issues that are now being faced.

• Wildlife Work - Saving animals and places along with the locations of the various offices throughout the US. Also includes its financing, conservation projects, President Bush and conservation, along with other issues.
• Education - School and community programs, workshops, and clubs. Provides information to learn about wildlife and preservation. Suggests projects and tips and responds to questions and answers.
• Take Action - US Army Corps of Engineers destroying wildlife and habitat, projects to prevent this. Environmental Safeguards for Department of Defense, 2003 Defense Authorization Bill, which would exempt the Dept. of Defense from environmental laws.
• Other sections - Provide media sources on nature and wildlife along with fund raising such as membership and gifts.

US/Canadian Parks
Provides a variety of links to other sites within this search engine. This page is a bit jumbled and deals with many subjects.

• US National Park Locator - You may search by using the name, type of site, state, topic, cultural significance, and so on.
• US State Parks - Provides agencies, events, and a list of what is believed to be the best parks. Also gives information on jobs, addresses, maps, visitor’s passes, and trails.
• Other topics included are education, environmental organizations, federal and state agencies, statistics, history and preservation.

DC Heritage Tourism Coalition This offers some different things to see and do in Washington. It highlights the areas that also have historical significance and are points of interest, but are not heavily promoted. There are tours available, a list of historic neighborhoods, calendar of events, attractions, and a list of local resources.

Washington’s Seldom Seen Memorials
Offers a list of special monuments in Arlington National Cemetery that commemorate important events and people, but which are not put in the spotlight nearly as often. It is a list compiled by certain members of the Smithsonian Institute and the National Museum of American history. There is a photo along with a brief description of each memorial.

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This annotated guide was compiled by Lisa Fiorentino.

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