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End of semester reflections

December 13, 2018 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Barret Library at Rhodes College, Memphis

Reflections on the Fall 2018 term, another gratifying semester with enthusiastic and inquisitive students.

Filed Under: Teaching Tagged With: classes, Graceland, Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Memorial, Manzanar, Memphis, National Civil Rights Museum, Rhodes College, sacred places, sacred space, Scientology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, student learning, Superdome

Heritage in the National Parks

November 7, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Stonewall National Monument

In recent years the National Park Service has begun engaging the diverse peoples of America to tell a more inclusive story of our national heritage. This more inclusive tale allows us to envision a nation that honors the strength and wisdom of our differences. ♨

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Belmont-Paul, Brown v. Board of Education, Cane River Creole, diversity, Frederick Douglass, heritage, history, Manzanar, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, National Park Service, nationalism, Stonewall, Washita

Bucket List of National Park Service Units

September 12, 2016 by Thomas S. Bremer Leave a Comment

Yosemite

National parks are popular destinations on many travelers’ bucket lists. It seems that everyone who has been to a national park has a secret desire, or sometimes a very public intention, to visit every national park. All 59 of them, from Acadia to American Samoa, from Gates of the Arctic to Virgin Islands, and all […]

Filed Under: Places Tagged With: Alagnak Wild River, Antietam, Apostle Islands, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, battlefields, Big Bend, Big Cypress, Big Hole, Big Thicket, Blue Ridge Parkway, Brices Cross Roads, Buffalo National River, Cape Cod, City of Rocks, Delaware Gap, Devils Tower, Ebey’s Landing, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Gettysburg, Great Smoky Mountains, Gulf Islands, Hawai’i Volcanoes, heritage, history, Indiana Dunes, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Jr. Memorial, Katahdin Woods and Waters, Kennesaw Mountain, Lake Mead, Lincoln Memorial, Manassas, Manzanar, Martin Luther King, Memorial Parkway, memorials, Minuteman Missile, monuments, Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail, Natchez Trace Parkway, National Capital Parks, National Mall, National Park Service, New Orleans Jazz, New River Gorge National River, Obed Wild and Scenic River, Olympic, Pictured Rocks, Point Reyes, Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail, Richmond, Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, River Raisin, Saint Croix Island, San Antonio Missions, Shiloh, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Stonewall, Theodore Roosevelt birthplace, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Valley Forge, Vicksburg, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington Monument, White House, Whitman Mission, Yellowstone, Yosemite

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I write about religion and tourism, especially in regard to national parks. I am currently working on a history of religion in Yellowstone National Park. Read More…

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