Fort Washington, Pa. - June 26th, 2025 - America’s National Parks™ is excited to announce it has awarded a total of $250,000 to 11 National Park Service units through the America’s National Parks™ 250th Grant Program - History Happens Here. This grant supports the parks’ efforts in the upcoming celebrations for the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution.
“It's amazing to be able to support the national park sites and Rangers through this grant program to enhance the visitor experience and stories told at these American Revolution sites,” says Stan Anton Marketing & Communications Manager at Eastern National. “We're extremely confident that these grant funds will be put to good use, and I personally can't wait to get out there to see these programs come to life. Many of these exhibits will live well beyond 2026 and will be another tool to provide educational opportunities on our nation's history.”
America’s National Parks™ is thrilled to support these 11 parks to fulfill educational programs supporting America’s 250th over the course of the next year and a half. These programs will be underway no later than Spring 2026.
The Parks and Programs Grant Recipients:
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Andersonville National Historic Site will use the America’s National Parks™ grant funds for travel assistance to take their new America’s 250th traveling trunk program to schools and other off-site locations in the park's commuting area. The trunk is a tool to teach classes and groups the story of our nation's Prisoners of War, especially those during the American Revolution.
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Boston National Historical Park will use America’s National Parks™ grant funds to support commemorative events for the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill with multi-day events. This project encourages local visitors and tourists to engage in a variety of experiences around citizenship, national identity, and belonging.
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Fire Island National Seashore will use America’s National Parks™ grant funds to develop a series of exhibits that explore the multifaceted history of the William Floyd Estate and its inhabitants as part of America’s 250th commemoration. Using museum objects, archival documents, and historic photographs, these exhibits will illuminate key themes, including the role of labor at the estate, the experiences of women within the household, the military service of both the Floyd family and the laborers who lived and worked on the estate, and William Floyd’s contributions to the Revolutionary War and the founding of the nation.
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Fort Stanwix National Monument will use America’s National Parks™ grant funds to create a professional development experience for local teachers, a traveling exhibit about child life/involvement at Fort Stanwix and in the Continental Army, an America’s 250th ranger-led offsite education program geared towards 4th and 5th-grade students, and an America’s 250th lesson plan to reach schools too far away from the park to either visit or schedule an offsite program.
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park will use America's National Parks™ grant funds by installing five high-quality reproduction artworks at key locations throughout the park. Each piece will represent a distinct era in America’s 250-year history, including the Cherokee period, European settlement, the American Revolution, the Antebellum era, the Civil War, the Civil Rights movement, and the present day.
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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site will use America's National Parks™ grant funds to engage the public and community partners in exploring the history and legacy of George Washington’s first Revolutionary War headquarters through dynamic programming. Funding will support speaker honoraria, event filming for future online access, and outreach efforts to expand audience engagement.
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Minute Man National Historical Park will use America’s National Parks™ grant funds to create an exhibit space in its exhibit room for its musket balls, new exhibit panels, and reconfigure the exhibit room to include an original piece from the North Bridge for display.
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Moores Creek National Battlefield will use America's National Parks™ grant funds to create audio descriptions of park exhibits and create a tactile map of Moores Creek National Battlefield. This will ensure that more visitors to the park can enjoy and understand the park's story by making it as accessible as possible.
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will use America's National Parks™ grant funds to provide an honorarium for a scholar, an honorarium for an artist, and the necessary funds to mount an exhibition, all related to an upcoming book about William Rotch Sr., a Quaker from Nantucket accused of disloyalty four times in three countries over two decades (1775 – 1795). He became a cautionary tale for those who dared dissent.
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Salem Maritime National Historic Site will use America's National Parks™ grant funds to expand the interpretive story of the park’s rich privateering history by developing four separate exhibits across the park to reach prospective visitors across a full range of locations including the park’s Visitor Center, during Park Ranger guided Derby House tours, visitors to the America's National Parks™ shared Waite and Pierce store, and outdoor displays on the waterfront.
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Springfield Armory National Historic Site will use America's National Parks™ grant funds to stage three special events designed to recenter and reinterpret the role that the area of Springfield Armory National Historic Site played in the American Revolution. Investing in these events — “Preparing the Noble Train,” “State Fair for All of New England,” “The Continental Arsenal at Springfield,” and “Reenactment of Henry Knox’s Noble Train of Artillery” — will bring this site's exceptional history to a broader audience.
Through these grants, America’s National Parks™ aims to deliver on its mission to enhance visitor experiences and support the preservation of national parks. For more information on America’s National Parks™ and how it is supporting the National Park Service during America’s 250th Anniversary, visit here.
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