The absence of help at federal sites is a loss for the Park Service and a letdown for volunteers, project leaders say.
The Library of Congress has just acquired the memoir of Omar Ibn Said, whose 1831 slave narrative written in Arabic is the only known document of its kind.
The District had been doing some of the Park Service’s work around Washington.
In Mississippi, and across the nation, memorial sites and parks remain open through the help of limited donations and funds.
A laser scan reveals a sunken German U-boat off the Outer Banks in eerie fluorescent detail. Resting on the bottom in 700 feet of water, it entombs dozens of German sailors.
The enduring song was first played on Christmas Eve 1818 in an Austrian church on the heels of war and a global climate calamity
Portrait of the dashing, youthful Washington returns to Mount Vernon for a visit.
Eerie relics from the Pentagon and twin towers wreckage were installed in a future wing of the museum.
The cautious US reconnaissance mission over Japanese territory was designed to avoid starting World War II. But it was aborted at the last minute, even as the enemy fleet approached from an unexpected direction.
