Colonial National Historical Park

Long-Awaited Infrastructure Work Coming To Colonial National Historical Park

A three-year construction project set to begin August 14 will make major repairs to Colonial Parkway in Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia, encompassing roughly 10 miles of roadway and 11 bridges.

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By Compiled From N... - August 4th, 2023 2:30am

Black Studies Could Lead To New Historic Landmarks, Transparency About Segregation

Two studies – one spotlighting segregation at national parks in Virginia from 1916-1965 and the other showcasing where African Americans recreated from the late 19th through the early 21st century—are setting the stage for new national historic landmark designations, listings on the National Register of Historic Places, and opportunities for national parks to be more candid about their past.

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By Lori Sonken - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

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Colonial National Historical Park Receives $122.8 Million For Colonial Parkway

The Colonial Parkway that runs through Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia will be rehabilitated thanks to a $122.8 million infusion from the Great American Outdoors Act.

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By Compiled From N... - March 6th, 2023 2:30am

Water Worries: Threatened and Endangered Cultural Sites

The cascading effects of climate change, including increasing rain events and rising seas, are causing challenges for cultural resource managers throughout the national park system.

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By Kim O'Connell - August 1st, 2024 1:24am

Per-Person Fees Coming For Tour Buses Entering National Parks

In a move that could sweep across the National Park System, tour buses that enter Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia a year from now will be charged a per-person fee.

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By NPT Staff - June 3rd, 2021 1:45am

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Judge: Commercial Filmmakers Don't Need Permits In National Parks

A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional the National Park Service's practice of charging commercial filmmakers who want to shoot in the National Park System, ruling it is a protected activity under the First Amendment.

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By Kurt Repanshek - January 26th, 2021 2:07pm

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National Parks Traveler Episode 91: Chesapeake's Bald Eagles And National Parks

Having just gone through the 2020 presidential election, what better time to talk about the symbol of American democracy – the bald eagle. The bald eagle first appeared on the Great Seal of the United States in 1782 – holding in its talons an olive branch and 13 arrows. Less than 200 years later, the national bird of the United States was nearly extinct.

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Traveler's View: Weakening NEPA Is A Huge Mistake, Will ESA Be Next?

First it was the National Environmental Policy Act. Is the Endangered Species Act next?

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By Kurt Repanshek - July 16th, 2020 2:00am

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Interior Secretary Bernhardt Seems To Have Tailored A Job For P. Daniel Smith

When P. Daniel Smith walked away from his job as deputy director of the National Park Service last fall, he didn't walk back into retirement but rather into a position Interior Secretary David Bernhardt created for Smith that just happened to be based in Smith's hometown, according to job posting records.

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By Kurt Repanshek - February 16th, 2020 1:45am

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How The National Park Service Grappled With Segregation During The 20th Century

Separate campgrounds, dining rooms, picnic grounds, and restrooms. Maps and signs that directed blacks to destinations away from whites. This was the landscape of segregation in some national parks during that divisive chapter of the country’s history. While the signs have been taken down and the separation erased, there remain remnants of that dark period in a number of parks today.

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By Kurt Repanshek - August 18th, 2019 2:00am

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