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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This manual has been prepared to aid those individuals- monument
custodians, park naturalists, historians, and museum curators- who
operate National Park Service museums in the field. This manual
provides some convenient sources of information on the intricacies
of various museum techniques.
This report is about people living on an edge, an unstable edge of
sand arcing into the North Atlantic at the tip of Cape Cod,
Massachusetts. They are dune dwellers, self-reliant mavericks
choosing to live seasonally in fragile shacks perched on a ridge of
barrier dunes above the sea. Here in winter, the empty shacks are
exposed to battering northeast storms from the open ocean. From
spring through fall when the shacks are used, they are bathed with
reflected light from unrestricted horizons. The shacks float on
what some dune dwellers call a "liquid earth," dunes that move, an
unstable landscape of sand, wet berry bogs, thorny heaths, and
stunted patches of pitch pine and oak. For generations the special
qualities at the cape's farthest end have drawn fishers, artists,
writers, and authentic eccentrics, forming into distinctive
communities and establishing roots. It's a wondrous edge, the dune
dwellers assert, offering solitude, new vistas, and creative
energy. It's why they've lived there in simple shacks for
generations, to be intimately connected to it, purposively exposed
on the outer edge of the continent.
Reverend J. William Jones, a chaplain in Robert E. Lee's
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and a witness to the
significant religious activity within that army during the American
Civil War, stated, But any history of that army which omits an
account of the wonderful influence of religion upon it -- which
fails to tell how the courage, discipline, and morale of the whole
was influenced by the humble piety and evangelical zeal of many of
its officers and men -- would be incomplete and unsatisfactory. His
words summarize the general mood experienced by the soldiers of
Lee's Army during the "Great Revival." There were two sweeping and
prolonged revivals that the Army of Northern Virginia experienced.
The first occurred along the Rappahannock River in the
Fredericksburg, Virginia area, from September 1862 until May 1863.
The revivals reappeared more forcefully a second time from August
1863 (after the Gettysburg Campaign) until May 1864 along the
Rapidan River near Orange Court House, Virginia. In these two
extended revivals, which often marked the time between campaigns
for the Confederate soldier, large crowds of soldiers gathered
repeatedly, impressive numbers of professions to the Christian
faith were counted, demands for tracts and testaments increased,
and the individual soldier-converts exhibited a changed lifestyle.
As setbacks beset Lee's Army in 1863, and news of Confederate
defeats in other theaters arrived, the Army of Northern Virginia
became more introspective, humble, and repentive of perceived sins.
Many of the soldiers even became convinced that God would intervene
on their army's behalf, but only when the Confederate nation purged
its bad elements. 106 Overall, the individual soldier, the clergy,
and everyone else close to the revivals were profoundly effected. A
close investigation into these meaningful religious events with a
focus on 1863 will show the extent to which the Confederate Army of
Northern Virginia was impacted by religious zeal.
The Todd House is one of six historic house museums under the care
of Independence National Historical Park. This report is meant to
supplement the original 1960s Todd House furnishing plan, not
replace it. The reader is encouraged to read both documents
together to gain a better understanding of the entire site.
This Systemwide Archeological Inventory Program (SAIP) is intended
to provide a framework for systematic, scientific research that
locates, evaluates, and documents archeological resources. The
importance of the SAIP is that it emphasizes research within a
cultural resources management framework. The purpose, structure,
and requirements of the SAIP have been published and each NPS
region is required to develop a regional plan to implement this
program. This document represents the plan for the Midwest Region.
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