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The Waterfront Center of Washington DC has announced it will team with the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area to host its 33rd annual international conference on urban waterfront planning, development and culture in Yuma, Arizona from January 25 through 27, 2018....

Last year, Augusta Canal National Heritage Area (ACNHA) hosted the Find Your Park Festival in honor of the National Park Service’s centennial and its own twenty-year anniversary as a national heritage area. Commemorations are reserved for milestones, but attendees...

37 seventh graders from throughout the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area participated in LEAD 2017. The program was held on the campus of Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois, from June 4-8, 2017. LEAD is robust, one-of-a kind youth leadership program that...

At the end of September, Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area will host Junior Ranger Day at Panola Mountain State Park in Stockbridge, Georgia. The event, which will occur on September 30 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM, allows kids to participate in hands-on activities,...

Late last month, more than 200 attendees celebrated the Detroit River’s impact on automotive and labor history at Motor Boats & Motor Cars. Now in its second year, the event included an exclusive tour of the waterway aboard the Diamond Belle. “This happens to be a...

Water is the most vital resource for life on Earth; no living thing exists without it. “H2O Today”—a new exhibition at the Greeley History Museum in Greeley, Colorado—examines the diversity and challenges of global water sources and promotes conversation, creativity,...

Above: Quindaro Townsite ruins circa 1886. (Image courtesy Wyandotte County Museum.) Early this summer, the Kansas Historic Board of Review approved a $20,000 grant request to fund a project to elevate the Quindaro Townsite ruins in Kansas City, Kansas to National...

The Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area, in collaboration with Colorado’s two other National Heritage Areas, has created a new tour highlighting Colorado’s rich culture and heritage. The Cache la Poudre River, South Park, and Sangre de Cristo National Heritage...

The Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area (SdCNHA), in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder), has launched a place-based program to train local teachers on creating lessons and curriculum about local culture, history and heritage. On June...

The NYS Canal System was recently designated a National Historic Landmark, placing New York’s operating canals among the premier historic sites in the United States. Congressman John Katko, representatives of the National Park Service, NYS Canal Corporation, and NYS...

The Alliance of National Heritage Areas kicked off its 2017 Annual Meeting with a special group tour of the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The tour was organized by Dr. Rolando Herts (Mississippi Delta NHA), Brandi Roberts...

The Poudre Heritage Alliance (PHA) and the Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area (CALA) have given out their large grant awards for 2017 to the following local projects: the Historic Windmill installation and interpretation at Centennial Village in Greeley; the...

On Saturday, May 13, the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review approved a grant request from the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS, and Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area for $20,000 in funding to hire a consultant to complete the...

The Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area (SdCNHA) is thankful for a successful turnout of nearly 200 people at their Celebration of Cultural Music event on April 22nd. The Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area started the evening by honor Board Members who have...

Colorado’s National Heritage Areas oversee a wide variety of programs and services that make economic and cultural impacts throughout their regions while receiving a large portion of their funding from the federal government. The NHAs in Colorado collaborate with...

St. John’s Episcopal Church is located in Tuscumbia, Alabama. The church was built in 1852, making it the oldest Carpenter Gothic church in the state of Alabama. Since it was built, however, St. John’s has struggled to remain upright (literally). Damaged during the...

The Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area has been featured in key publications for successfully implementing projects that have contributed to cultural heritage tourism and historic preservation education, as well as engaged residents in celebrating and preserving...

Atchafalaya NHA celebrated Atchafalaya Month and its 10th anniversary by highlighting local cultural economic development with the unveiling of five short videos showcasing artisans who live and work in the heritage area. Each artisan’s work is inspired by the natural...

Amid the modern high-rise buildings in Baltimore’s Charles Plaza stands an older vision for tall architecture: the 21-story former headquarters of Baltimore Gas & Electric at 39 West Lexington Street. Built in 1916, the stately neoclassical structure boasts...

Lynn Jenkins, U.S. Representative for Kansas's 2nd Congressional District, visited the Carnegie Building, headquarters of the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area, 200 W. 9th St., Lawrence, Kansas, on Monday, March 13. In February, Freedom's Frontier Executive...

Heritage Culturalist training is scheduled for April 20-22, 2017, and applications are currently being accepted via the website. Community members in Larimer and Weld counties with a passion for learning and sharing the history of the Poudre River are encouraged to...

In late 2016 and throughout 2017, a unique confluence of organized labor milestones will be recognized through a public awareness effort called, “Building the Engine: Auto and Labor, 1932-1937.” Through a slate of informative programs, publications and events,...

Throughout February, the MotorCities National Heritage Area is paying tribute to Black History Month through special promotion of its educational project honoring African Americans in the history of the automotive industry – Making Tracks. Making Tracks is a...

The Cache la Poudre River, Sangre de Cristo, and South Park National Heritage Areas are partnering to develop a landing page, brochure, and marketing program designed to educate visitors about Colorado's three National Heritage Areas, inspire tourists to drive the...

It is the Essex National Heritage Area’s 20th anniversary! To mark this special occasion, Essex Heritage will host a 20th Anniversary Gala to toast the Trailblazers: the extraordinary organizations and people who make the Essex National Heritage Area (Essex County,...

In February 2017, Looking for Lincoln launched the Passport to Your National Parks program in the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area. Visitors can now explore the communities where Lincoln lived, worked, and traveled through the Passport to Your National Parks....

In 2016, Freedom’s Frontier, partnered with a local consultant, Sunflower Republic, LLC, to pilot two interpretive signage projects on area trails. Both undertakings feature a series of well-designed and engagingly written content by scholars and experts that enhance...

Representatives from Freedom's Frontier National Heritage area have teamed up with the Kansas City, Kan., Public Library to record oral histories of the Old Quindaro community. The Quindaro community formed along the banks of the Missouri river in Kansas in the 1850s....

Crown Point, NY and Chimney Point, VT make up the very “heart” of the CVNHP. The new Lake Champlain Bridge—constructed with sidewalks and bicycle lanes—offers an outstanding opportunity to link these sites and highlight their abundance of natural, cultural, historic...