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Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Women's Rights National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Women's Rights National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

(Encyclopedia)Chaco Culture National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Cape Breton Highlands National Park

(Encyclopedia)Cape Breton Highlands National Park brĕtˈən [key], 367 sq mi (951 sq km), N Cape Breton Island, N. S., Canada; est. 1936. It covers a large tableland and includes sections of the rugged Atlantic co...

Highland Park

(Encyclopedia)Highland Park. 1 City (2020 pop. 29,415), Lake co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago on Lake Michigan; inc. 1869. It is a retail business and medical ...

national parks and monuments

(Encyclopedia)CE5 national parks and monuments. The National Park Service, a bureau of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, was established in 1916 to oversee the administration of 40 national parks and monuments und...

Fort Washington Park

(Encyclopedia)Fort Washington Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Rock Creek Park

(Encyclopedia)Rock Creek Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Catoctin Mountain Park

(Encyclopedia)Catoctin Mountain Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Park Geun-hye

(Encyclopedia)Park Geun-hye päk go͝on-hĕ [key], 1952–, South Korean political leader, president of South Korea (2013–17). The daughter of South Korean dictator Park Chung Hee, she served as his acting first ...