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Article: The power of place: "the whole world of what has preceded us is available not just through books, but through places." (Forum).(Brief Article)
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- National Parks
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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Pulitzer-prize-winning author David McCullough spoke at Adams National Historical Park on October 30 as part of an event to launch NPCA'S first State of the Parks report. McCullough's latest book, John Adams, is a biography of the second president.
The report on Adams National Historical Park is the first of what is expected to be a series that will provide a critical survey of the condition of a number of the 385 units within the National Park System.
The Adams assessment gave the park a good grade, but found that if current funding and staffing levels remain the same over the next ten years, the park's collections and archives are likely to ...