In 2023, Eastern National’s (the parent of America’s National Parks™) assistance totaling $15,095 supported Mammoth Cave National Park’s night sky programming with the receipt of a telescope camera, laser collimator, and alpha-solar telescope. Additional funds purchased Junior Ranger badges and informational books, such as Basher History National Parks and History Comics National Parks, to help rangers develop interpretive and educational programs. New products for river activities, such as kayaks and life jackets, help facilitate the Blue Ways roving interpretive program on the Green River. Staff will interact with visitors on the river through impromptu interpretative programming and safety messages.
A “Dark and Bloody” Path of Resistance: The Chickamauga Cherokee
After the Seven Years War, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, restricting colonists from encroaching on Native American lands west of Appalachia. The decree was largely ignored. Then, in 1774, a land speculator coerced the Cherokee to part with 20...
