Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

Explore Sculpture At Saint-Gaudens National Historical Site

Gain, or enhance, your appreciation for sculpture later this month when Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in New Hampshire hosts its 8th Annual Sculptural Visions event.

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By NPT Staff - September 18th, 2013 2:30am

White-Water, Apple Harvests, And Indian Summer On The Coast Are Among 10 Great Fall National Park Activities

Fall is, in many people's eyes, the best season to enjoy the National Park System. Temperatures are moderating, insects are a thing of the past, forests wrap themselves in dazzling colors, and wildlife is easy to see and often vocal. Here are ten great fall destinations in the park system.

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By NPT Staff - September 4th, 2012 9:33am

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Rare Collection of Civil War Drawings Now on Exhibit—But Don't Delay

For only the second time in the past 150 years, Civil War buffs have the chance to view a rare collection of original firsthand drawings from that era. The 44 images were made both on and off the battlefield by Joseph Becker and other artist-correspondents, and they're on public display at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in New Hampshire through October 11.

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By Jim Burnett - October 3rd, 2010 1:15am

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Adds A Nearly 43-Acre Farm To Its Landscape

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site celebrates one of America's greatest sculptors, but that didn't stop the National Park Service from accepting the donation of a nearly 43-acre farm to the site.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 26th, 2010 3:15am

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Little Tin Soldiers -- the Mighty Massachusetts 54th

Augustus Saint-Gaudens created the Shaw Memorial to honor Robert Gould Shaw and the African-American soldiers -- the Massachusetts 54th Regiment -- he trained and led into battle for the Union during the Civil War.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

http://www.nga.gov/feature/shaw/

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 3rd, 2009 3:00pm

National Park Quiz 22: Angels and Saints

Quiz 10 on July 9 was “Speak of the Devil.” Fair is fair, so this week we’ll turn the focus in the heavenly direction and deal with angels, saints, and such. Answers are at the end. If we catch you peeking, we’ll make you write “The cognitive complexities of the term ‘saint’ render lexical disambiguation extraordinarily challenging” 100 times on the whiteboard.

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By Bob Janiskee - October 31st, 2011 8:08am

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