From National Parks

Setting Up for Special Events

Although people enjoy special events at National Park sites, they often don’t think about the setting up that has to happen before the special event.  No matter how many people are involved in the event, there are just as many people who worked hard before the event and cleaned up after the event. At Fort …

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Georgia History Day at Oglethorpe

Once again this year, Tom and I represented Fort Frederica at Georgia  History Day at Oglethorpe Elementary School.  The Fort was well represented with Ellen Provenzano and Ranger Bob Lumas doing a session on archaeology and Tom and I doing a session on colonial clothing. Last year Tom and I did a similar session but …

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Seen at the Visitors Center

When you are working at a National Park Visitors Center, you never know what you will see.  Here are some random things that didn’t fit into any of my other posts about Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. A big part of our job at the Information Desk was taking reservations for tours.  Starting at 9 …

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