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Reconstruction Era National Historical Park

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

River Raisin National Battlefield Park

(Encyclopedia)River Raisin National Battlefield Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Nez Percé National Historical Park

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

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). ...

Big Bend Ranch State Park

(Encyclopedia)Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas: see under Big Bend National Park. ...

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...

Harrison, Benjamin, political leader in the American Revolution

(Encyclopedia)Harrison, Benjamin, 1726?–1791, political leader in the American Revolution, signer of the Declaration of Independence, b. Charles City co., Va. As a member (1749–75) of the house of burgesses, he...

Williams, William, American painter

(Encyclopedia)Williams, William, c.1710–c.1790, American painter, b. England. He probably led a seafaring life before settling (c.1747) in Philadelphia, where he was Benjamin West's first instructor in painting. ...