Posted on April 18, 2008 by Max van Balgooy
The National Park Service has recognized Cliveden, a National Trust Historic Site, as part of the “Network to Freedom,” a program that preserves, researches, and presents the history of the Underground Railroad and the struggle for freedom in America. This qualifies Cliveden to pursue federal grant funds to develop programming based [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Max van Balgooy
On her blog, Susan S. Szenasy of Metropolis magazine discusses the differences between two National Trust Historic Sites—Kykuit and the Glass House—and claims that the “velvet-rope mode of preservation is anathema” to modern architecture. She wonders if the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which grew up in an era of preserving traditional places, is [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2008 by Stephen Neuhauser
Blogs are useful tools that can connect people to news and information about historic sites. Blogs, or weblogs, are similar to newspaper articles, except more informal, and can be written by individuals or groups that cater to specific topics. Often blogs can be associated with specific websites or, more often, individuals in blogging communities.
The current [...]
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