Dear reader, I am currently at the halfway point of my internship! It has been an absolute pleasure being apart of the Salem Maritime (SAMA) and Saugus Iron Works (SAIR) teams! The National Park Service works with a huge variety of people and partners, in this...
Dear reader,Welcome back to the east coast, where the skies have been filled with smoke from Canadian wild fires and rain that has been matched with temperatures under 60 degrees. That hasn’t stopped the season from moving forward! Since I last posted, the teams were...
Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Sophia Grande, and I am thrilled to be back with the Latino Heritage Internship Program for another exciting year. This summer, I’m a Digital Communications Intern for the WASO Office of Communications in Washington, D.C.. Before we get...
Wearing a life jacket vest on a workboat. The last couple of weeks at Fire Island National Seashore have been my first experience as an intern; not only that, but they have been a good couple of weeks in which I have experienced what working...
Young visitors explain the meaning behind their secret code quilt squares during our Juneteenth celebration. One of the early lessons I learned when first beginning to present my Freedmen's Colony program is that it is hard to get people to care about something they are...
Have you ever felt like a voyager and had a calling towards the sea? Well, here at Salem Maritime National Historic Site you can fulfill the curiosity of traveling the open ocean. Salem Maritime National Historic site consists of nine acres of land which includes...
Past RTCA project, Barton Creek Greenbelt in Austin, TX When most people think of the National Park Service, visions of expansive lands, towering mountains, and world wonders come to mind. However, few people are familiar with the smaller programs of the National Park Service like the...