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Bertha Benz was the first documented woman driver and the first woman we would describe today as an automotive marketing pro or influencer. Her pioneering and headline-making 130-mile round-trip drive in 1888 between home and her mother’s house was a media sensation and helped her husband’s motorized contraption become popular. It was a road trip
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There will be six FREE admission days to national parks, monuments and historic sites in 2021. The fee-free days continue a tradition of FREE admission days to increase access, promote recreational opportunities, improve visitor facilities and conserve natural and historical treasures in national parks, for the benefit and enjoyment of the American people. There are
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Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi on Jan 8, 1935, which celebrates its most famous native year round, not just on his birthday, when there are concerts of Elvis music and screenings of his most popular Hollywood movies. Tupelo is more low-key, and far less glitzy or crowded than Graceland, in Memphis, which he
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Where’s Santa? Since 1955, the team at North American Aerospace Defense Command, better known as NORAD, has kept track of a certain toy-filled sleigh pulled by reindeer. Curious kids can follow Santa’s route on Christmas Eve, as well as receive updates from the North Pole online at NORAD Tracks Santa. We are told Rudolph’s glowing red
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The first ever National Check Your Wipers Day is Nov. 16, and a good reminder to check your windshield wipers to ensure the best visibility during holiday road trips and winter snow and sleet. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 24% of accidents are weather-related. Some of those accidents, for sure, were caused by
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During Hispanic Heritage Month, or any time, you can discover the rich and historic connection between national parks and historic sites and Hispanic/Latinx heritage. And there’s always the opportunity to take a hike, watch wildlife, enjoy a picture perfect sunset, learn about the intersection of national parks, conservation and recreation with Park Rangers.
Here are some easy and common sense tips for getting your car, SUV or truck road trip ready, whether you are planning a short drive or a longer getaway, especially if you haven’t been using your vehicle much recently.
Some of the best reasons to visit national parks are the chance to spot wildlife, including bison, elk, bear, moose, wolves, eagles, trumpeter swans and more. Plus, of course, hundreds of species of birds. With more than 400 national parks and preserves in the National Parks System, there’s plenty of opportunity.
The National Park Service has added more than a dozen new sites across the USA into the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The new listings join nearly 700 other sites, programs, and facilities in the network which honor, preserve, and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight.
Visit these museum exhibits about presidential inaugurations online, including First Ladies gowns, presidential portraits, original handwritten inauguration speeches, and a recreation of the Oval Office.