#Congress Park

[curatorsday]

Saturday, April 22, 2023 - Earth Day

We walked around Congress Park this morning looking for horseshoes. Didn’t find any but had a nice time.

Happy Earth Day!

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Sequoias and Boulders in Winter Fog

I can’t think of many elements I love in combination more than mighty sequoia trees, granite boulders and atmospheric fog. One of the many beautiful views along the Congress Trail in Sequoia National Park.

By Optimal Focus Photography

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Stairs ↘️

Elevator ⬅️

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sequoia national park, feb. 2022 [6am on the congress trail]

[magentagalaxies]

Belated birthday greetings!

Thank you!!!

[reasoningdaily]

February is Black History Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society.

Cultural Expressions

Culture shapes lives. It’s in the food people eat, the languages they speak, the art they create, and many other ways they express themselves. These traditions reflect the history and creative spirit of African American and other cultures of the African diaspora. Cultural Expressions is a circular, experiential, introductory space to African American and African diaspora culture.

16 Black Artists to Know

Are you a fan of Glenn Ligon, Alma Thomas, or Gordon Parks? The National Gallery of Art paired eight Black artists you might know with eight others to discover.

Image Credit: Sam Gilliam, Wissahickon, 1975, color screenprint on wove paper, Gift of Funds from the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2023.22.17

Your Park Story: Black History and Heritage

More than 400 years of Black history and heritage are preserved in national parks and communities around the country. Discover stories shared by people who formed powerful connections with these places of history, nature, and enjoyment. Inspire others by sharing your “park story”!

Image credit: Girl takes photo in front of the “We Can Do It” sign at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park (NPS)

Beginning Feb. 10, 2023, the museum will present a second group of portraits from Brian Lanker’s 1989 book project “I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America.”

Image credit: “Althea Gibson” by Brian Lanker. Gelatin silver print, 1988. National Portrait Gallery.

For Teachers

Put the power of primary sources to work in the classroom. Browse ready-to-use lesson plans, student activities, collection guides and research aids.

Image credit: “Frederick Douglass appealing to President Lincoln and his cabinet to enlist Negroes,” mural by William Edouard Scott, at the Recorder of Deeds building, built in 1943. 515 D St., NW, Washington, D.C. (Library of Congress)

Veterans History

African Americans serving in the military service throughout U.S. history have often fought on two fronts. fighting the actual enemy and fighting a system of segregation and exclusion.

Image credit: Violet Hill Gordon, 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, Women's Army Corps (Library of Congress)

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lost half my evening to learning that the orangey bits a cattle egret gets in springtime isn't pigment in the feathers but probably topically applied and wanting to know if anyone knew HOW/what substance. as far as i can tell: no, but some guys in 1963 speculated a different species could be getting it from the gland that makes the oils birds put on their feathers or something called a powder down patch (hidden feathers that continously grow and break down into a fine dust at the ends) and i think we're just kind of rolling with that. they for sure for sure do not suddenly grow orange feathers in the spring.

[rabbitcruiser]

The first formal public readings of the Declaration of Independence of the United States took place on July 8, 1776 in Philadelphia by John Nixon in the yard of Independence Hall.

[rwwinton]

The History Major instinct to add footnotes to my historical fiction novels because I feel guilty using my Creative License and am afraid no one will go read the Author’s Note at the end...

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January 7th, 2023

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Houston, Texas January 13-16, 2023

1. Houston Salsa Congress 2023.

2. “Philip Guston: Now” exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

3. “Gordon Parks: Stokely Carmichael and Black Power” exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

4. The Menil Collection.

5. Kiss from Arroz at Nobie’s. 

6. Ricky Campanelli and the HSD Orchestra perform at Houston Salsa Congress 2023. 

Photo Credit: karmaalwayswins

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P4 C 1

[cinematicbookworm]

Man the average right leaning person really is just the most gullable people like shit some times I forget how stupid some people can be and then they open their mouths and start talking about aliens and demons on planes after watching some video online of some lady going crazy on a plane talking bout a passenger being not real like the woman was probably haveing a mental break and y’all are really out here talking bout demonic fucking possession of the person who is being screamed at by someone clearly having a break from reality shits crazy

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Rethinking Highways in Cities | Peter Park (Former City of Milwaukee Planning Director) gives a presentation on the removal of the Park-East Freeway Spur 20 years later. Followed by a Panel of Milwaukee City Leaders discussing the proposal to remove a spur of Interstate-794 between Downtown and the 3rd Ward.

[townpostin]

Health Camp Attracts Hundreds in Jamshedpur East

Youth Congress organizes free medical check-ups at Bhuiyandih Free health camp in Jamshedpur East, organized by Youth Congress, serves over 260 residents with plans for weekly events to promote community wellness. JAMSHEDPUR – The Jamshedpur East Assembly Youth Congress Committee hosted a free health check-up camp on Sunday, drawing a substantial turnout of local residents. The event, held in…

[thoughtportal]

Bread is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park and starring Mary MacLaren, Edward Cecil and Kenneth Harlan.[1]

In 2020, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]

Bread (Ida May Park, 1918)