Videos

Duration:

6 minutes, 36 seconds

This video introduces the cultural landscape at Harriet Tubman National Historical Park and invites viewers to learn more. NPS staff from the park, descendants of Harriet Tubman, and other people associated with the area describe the features and significance of this unique landscape and actions that have been taken to preserve it.

Duration:

6 minutes, 58 seconds

The video highlights Women’s Rights National Historical Park and commemorates the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote in America through the story of the writing of the Declaration of Sentiments and the homes of 19th century suffragists, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mary Ann M’Clintock, and Jane Hunt.

Duration:

6 minutes, 6 seconds

This video introduces the Fairsted cultural landscape and invites viewers to learn more. NPS staff from the park and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation describe the features and significance of this unique landscape and actions that have been taken to preserve it.

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Duration:

6 minutes, 32 seconds

This video introduces the Chatham Manor cultural landscape and invites viewers to visit the park or read more about its past, present, and future. NPS staff from the park and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation describe the features and significance of this unique landscape and actions that have been taken to preserve it.

Duration:

4 minutes, 51 seconds

Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, the site of the April 9, 1865 surrender that led to the end of the Civil War, became a unit of the National Park Service in 1933. Since that time, development and preservation of the cultural landscape has been guided by planning documents, including a 2009 Cultural Landscape Report. This documents the landscape history, conditions, and recommended preservation treatment for the historically significant features of the site to guide its current and and future management.

Duration:

5 minutes, 54 seconds

This video describes the Gettysburg battlefield landscape rehabilitation and is an invitation to discover more about the park's past, present, and future. A planning document was used to guide the rehabilitation of the landscape character to reflect how it appeared during the 1863 battle, returning it to a mosaic of smaller field patterns, rebuilding miles of wooden fencing, actively managing historic fields to open views, and planting orchards.

Duration:

3 minutes, 40 seconds

This video celebrates Harriet Tubman through a visit to the Maryland landscape of her youth and invites you to learn more about Tubman's remarkable legacy as iconic conductor of the Underground Railroad.

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Duration:

6 minutes, 59 seconds

This video highlights sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens and his involvement with the landscape at Aspet, while also reminding us about the value of his living memorial at Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park.

Duration:

5 minutes, 2 seconds

At the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, the National Park Service collaborates with Roxbury Farm CSA, the Open Space Institute, and the Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation to preserve President Martin Van Buren's historic farmland by supporting sustainable agriculture now and for generations to come.

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  Preserving the Historic Orchards at Manzanar National Historic Site

  The Wilder Orchard helps us better understand what life was like during the period of incarceration at Manzanar National Historic Site. The Japanese Americans that were confined here, most of whom were American citizens, grew some of their own food, including fruit from orchard trees that were already growing on the land. Today, the National Park Service maintains the remaining fruit trees and replaces those that have been lost or damaged.

  Duration:

  4 minutes, 54 seconds

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  Commandant's House Garden Redesign

  This video highlights a landscape stewardship project focused on the redesign and installation of the Commandant’s House garden in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Spurred by the park’s interest in revitalizing this landscape to address maintenance concerns and improve the visitor experience, the project involved collaboration among youth programs from Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, National Parks of Boston, and the Department of Conservation and Recreation.

  Duration:

  5 minutes, 19 seconds

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  Sounds at Tassi Ranch

  Cultural landscapes include more than just the physical resources that we can see, but also the sounds and smells unique to the place. Listen to the sounds of the remote Tassi Ranch.

  Duration:

  58 seconds

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  César E. Chávez National Monument

  César E. Chávez National Monument [also known as known as Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz (La Paz)] was established through Presidential Proclamation under the 1906 Antiquities Act and was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior on October 8, 2012. Located in Keene, California, the property is recognized for its historic significance to César Estrada Chávez and the farm worker movement.

  Duration:

  3 minutes, 45 seconds

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  Bridge Grafting Historic Fruit Trees

  This brief introduction describes the technique of bridge grafting, which is used to repair cavities in old fruit trees. Bridge grafting is one way that the National Park Service preserves fruit trees in historic orchards. Here, Orchardist Laurie Thompson demonstrates at the Buckner Homestead in North Cascades National Park of Washington.

  Duration:

  5 minutes, 46 seconds

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