Homestead monument articles
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San Gabriel Mountains National Monument expands by more than 100,000 acres
President Biden on Thursday expanded San Gabriel Mountains National Monument by nearly a third in an action that was widely praised by the Indigenous leaders, politicians, conservationists and community organizers who had long fought for the enlargement of the protected natural area that serves as the backyard of the Los Angeles Basin. The president also signed a proclamation expanding Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument by adding the 13,696-acre Molok Luyuk, or Condor Ridge, to the...
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Israel’s Yad Vashem Dismayed at Covering of Holocaust Memorials and Monuments
The World Holocaust Remembrance Center — Yad Vashem - on Sunday expressed its dismay at reports of Holocaust memorials and monuments being covered in both the U.S. and the United Kingdom to shield them from marauding pro-Palestinian protesters.
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New Sheep Shop Café on a South Woodbury Homestead Gathers the Herd
When I arrived at South Woodbury's Sheep Shop Café on a rainy early April day, I assumed I'd traveled the farthest to reach it, coming from Vergennes. I was wrong. A visitor from the West Coast who was still in town after the eclipse had me beat. But the competition for the shortest travel time had a clear winner, despite many local challengers: Two contractors working on the roof climbed down for midmorning cappuccinos and slices of sheep's milk espresso cheesecake. For all of us, the...