Tag: National Park Service
Visitor center honoring Harriet Tubman opening in Maryland
The Associated Press
A new visitor center honoring Harriet Tubman opens this weekend in Maryland, where Tubman was born a slave and later became a...
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute among 39 sites...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church are among the 39 historical and preservation projects in...
Birmingham’s civil rights district could get federal designation in 2017
By Erin Harney
Alabama NewsCenter
As the National Park Service begins its second century in 2017, there’s hope in Birmingham that the city’s important role in...
Selma to Montgomery trail leads to Alabama, national history
By Erin Harney
Alabama NewsCenter
The National Park Service (NPS) turned 100 years old this year. Over the past century, the organization has grown from 35...
