Legacy: Visit a Related Park
The following National Park Service sites share history with the topics presented in Legacy. Visit their websites for information about Sesquicentennial commemoration events and more.
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (KS)
- Cane River Creole National Historical Park (LA)
- Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (DC)
- George Washington Carver National Monument (MO)
- Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site (AR)
- Nicodemus National Historic Site (KS)
- Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial (CA)
- Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail (AL)
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (AL)
The National Park Service commemorates a defining event in our nation's history and its legacy in the fight for civil rights. Join us.
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Reunited at Gettysburg
50 years after the bloodiest battle in U.S. history, on the eve of World War I, the fields of Gettysburg saw the largest reunion of former foes.
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Fact
In 1861, the federal budget was $80 million with $36 million for defense; in 1865, the budget was $1.3 billion with defense spending at $1.2 billion.
