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San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)George Rogers Clark National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...showboat
(Encyclopedia)showboat. In the early 19th cent. entertainment was brought by boat to the pioneers that settled along the western rivers (especially the Mississippi and Ohio) of the United States. At first companies...Cassirer, Ernst
(Encyclopedia)Cassirer, Ernst ĕrnst käsērˈər [key], 1874–1945, German philosopher. He was a professor at the Univ. of Hamburg from 1919 until 1933, when he went to Oxford; he later taught at Yale and Columbi...sewing machine
(Encyclopedia)sewing machine, device that stitches cloth and other materials. An attempt at mechanical sewing was made in England (1790) with a machine having a forked, automatic needle that made a single-thread ch...Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, 117 acres (47 hectares), central Ky., near Hodgenville; est. 1916. Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in this area on Feb. 12, 1809. The exact...Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia)Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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