https://npdeluca.com/about/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1234633_817535220988_1188468123_n.jpg1234633_817535220988_1188468123_n2026-02-03T17:19:54+00:00weekly0.6https://npdeluca.com/public-history-articles/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/figure-1.webpfigure-1Lora Webb Nichols (then Lora Oldman) sitting under a rock shelf. Written on the back of the photo is: “There’s room here for 2, dear.”https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/figure-3.jpgfigure 32026-02-03T05:20:45+00:00weekly0.6https://npdeluca.com/2026/02/03/uscis-naturalization-ceremony-cancellations-at-faneuil-hall-boston-history-of-citizenship-and-immigration/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/screenshot-2026-01-22-104936.pngScreenshot 2026-01-22 104936https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_0667-2.jpegIMG_0667https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_0667-1.jpegIMG_0667https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/img_0667-e1770095885893.jpegIMG_0667Faneuil Hall, Boston/ Image via the author.2026-02-03T05:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2026/01/30/nick-deluca-wbur-echoes-of-1850s-abolitionist-boston-in-2026-minneapolis-minnesota/2026-01-30T16:21:01+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2025/12/15/lora-webb-nichols-photo-archive-american-heritage-center-wyoming-history/2026-01-30T16:13:25+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/clips/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mural.webpmuralhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/faneuil.jpgfaneuilhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pexels-photo-11109369.jpegbrown rocky mountain near body of waterPhoto by Kelsey on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-rocky-mountain-near-body-of-water-11109369/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2025-05-19T16:04:32+00:00weekly0.6https://npdeluca.com/2025/04/24/nick-deluca-history-commentary-boston-globe-ri-museum-urged-to-rethink-historical-exhibit/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/image.jpegComing to Rhode IslandComing to Rhode Island / via author.2025-04-24T20:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2025/04/08/expansion-of-slavery-from-new-england-to-the-american-south-18th-century-west-florida-expedition/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/transatlantic-slave-trade.jpgTransatlantic-slave-tradeThis map shows how the Northeast was implicated in the institution of slavery., contrary to public memory and popular culture. / National Park Service.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/https___www.museothyssen.org_sites_default_files_styles_full_resolution_public_imagen_obras_descarga_1981.52_cataratas-san-antonio-alto-mississippi.jpghttps___www.museothyssen.org_sites_default_files_styles_full_resolution_public_imagen_obras_descarga_1981.52_cataratas-san-antonio-alto-mississippiThis 1847 oil painting of the upper Mississippi River by Henry Lewis gives a decent sense of how rocks and other obstructions in the river can create volatile currents. / Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.2025-04-08T16:37:35+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2025/02/07/royal-proclamation-1763-british-west-florida/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/rc12811.jpgrc12811https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/plan-du-fort-des-yachoux.jpgPlan du Fort des Yachoux, concession de Mgr. le duc de Belle Isle et associez, detruit 1729Map of the region around Fort St. Peter (also known as Fort St. Pierre, St. Claude, St. Charles, and Snyder) as it appeared ca. 1722. The region formed part of Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle's land concessions in provincial Louisiana, and later became part of Warren County, Mississippi, about 12 miles northeast of Vicksburg on the Yazoo River. Keyed to 20 references, including details of the fort, named land concessions, and slave quarters. The settlement was abandoned by the French following the massacre of settlers in 1729 by local Indians. From French army officer Dumont de Montigny's 1747 manuscript memoire of his experiences in Louisiana between 1715-1737.2025-04-07T16:20:43+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2025/01/14/history-of-the-american-west-new-england-west-florida-expedition/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/yazoo-delta.jpgA Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions to the westward of the MississipiA Plan of West Florida, the Isle of Orleans, and some parts of the Spanish dominions (c.1763) / Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/british-territory-map.jpgMap of British North America, 1775British North America, 1775/ Library of Congress.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/west-florida-3923803676-e1736870913816.jpgA view of Pensacola, in West Florida Vue de Pensacola dans le Floride occidentale.Pensacola Bay, West Florida/ Library of Congress.2025-04-07T15:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2025/03/31/faneuil-hall-boston-history-american-revolution-politics-town-hall/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/istock-1151921562.jpgAerial view of Boston City Hall at nightAerial view of Faneuil Hall at night in Downtown Boston / iStock standard license, image credit yongyuan.2025-03-31T16:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2025/03/06/phineas-lyman-connecticut-british-west-florida-company-of-military-adventurers/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/board-of-tradef-e1741206469542.jpegBoard of TradeBoard of Trade, designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson and Auguste Charles Pugin / The Elisha Whittelsey Collection (public domain).https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/capture-of-havana.jpegThe Capture of Havana, 1762:Taking the Town, 14 AugustThe Capture of Havana, by Dominic Serres (c. 1775) / National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/map-of-the-connecticut-western-reserve.jpegA Map of the Connecticut Western Reserve, from actual SurveyA Map of the Connecticut Western Reserve, by Seth Pease & Abn. Tappen/ Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.2025-03-07T14:31:09+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2025/01/04/rename-faneuil-hall-history-slavery-and-potential-new-names/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/f1b381ec-155d-451f-671c47d3ddcff5c5hiresproxy.jpgGeorge Washington's Inaugural CeremonyA drawing depicting George Washington's inauguration on the steps of Federal Hall, 1789 / NPGallery Digital Asset Management System.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/thumbnail_img_4837.jpgFaneuil Hall, October 2023Interior of Faneuil Hall, Boston, MA / Image via the author.2025-01-10T19:01:55+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2024/01/06/maps-of-colonial-north-america-southwest-and-mexico/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/tenochtitlan.jpgNuremberg Map of TenochtitlanThis is the earliest picture of Tenochtitlan to be published in Europe, thought to be of Aztec and Spanish influence. It accompanied the second letter from Hernán Cortés' to the King of Spain in 1524. (Newberry Library, The Edward E. Ayer Collection.)https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/amerique-septentrionale-1.jpgAmérique septentrionaleAmérique Septentrionale, Nicolas Sanson d'Abbeville, 1650. (Library of Congress.)https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/amerique-septentrionale.jpgamerique-septentrionalehttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/le-nouveau-mexique-et-la-floride.jpgLe Nouveau Mexique et La FlorideLe Nouveau Mexique et La Floride, the first of Sanson's landmark regional map of North America and first large scale map to depict California and the Southwest. (The Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection)2024-12-21T20:22:24+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2024/11/30/a-public-historians-meditations-on-the-2024-presidential-election-results-donald-trump-winner/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/untitled-2840531682-e1732996628174.pngUntitledThis 1777 powder horn depicts a map of Boston and Charlestown. It highlights prominent geographic features, including the mill pond.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/untitled-design.pngUntitled design2024-12-13T15:09:17+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2020/07/29/native-american-mascots-massachusetts-high-schools-masconomet/2024-12-08T19:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2018/05/25/satans-kingdom-weird-massachusetts-town-name-origins/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/satans-kingdom-name.pngsatans kingdom namehttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/story.pngstory1834 edition of the Village Post, explaining Satans Kingdomhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/satans-kingdom.pngsatans kingdomSatan's Kingdom, MA2024-12-01T14:08:15+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2023/12/16/american-revolution-boston-great-awakening-the-enlightenment-vampires-april-1-1765/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/vampyre.jpgThe Vampyre's Midnight Visit'The vamprye's midnight visit'. A vampire sucks the blood of a sleeping woman. Image taken from Varney the Vampyre; or, the Feast of blood. A romance. [By James M. Rymer.]. Originally published/produced in E. Lloyd: London, 1845-47.2023-12-18T14:44:00+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2023/11/26/robert-stanton-15th-director-of-the-national-park-service/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/stanton-1.jpg2023 Frederick Douglass Birthday CelebrationRobert Stanton speaks at the 2023 Frederick Douglass Birthday Celebration.2023-12-05T21:04:06+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2023/11/20/robert-stanton-nps-director-red-tails-tuskegee-airmen-national-historic-site/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/tuskegee-briefing.jpgtuskegee-briefinghttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/first-class-of-cadets.jpgfirst-class-of-cadetshttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/first-clcass-of-cadests-listening-to-instructor.jpgFirst class of cadets listening to flight instructorMembers of the first pilot class at the advanced flying school at Tuskegee, Alabama, listening to their instructor. (NPS History Collection.)https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/frank-stanton.jpgfrank-stanton2023-12-02T20:22:34+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2023/11/16/mosier-valley-elementary-school-protest-robert-stanton-national-park-service-director-childrood-texas/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/parents-at-euless-school-1.jpgMosier Valley parents protest at the Euless SchoolMosier Valley parents gathered outside the Euless School in September 1950https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/parents-at-euless-school.jpgparents-at-euless-schoolhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mosier-valley-elementary.jpgmosier-valley-elementaryhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/euless-school-2.jpgeuless-school-2https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/euless-school-1.jpgeuless-school-1https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mosier-valley-school-1667024434-e1700142538407.jpgMosier Valley Elementary SchoolThe Mosier Valley School as it appeared in 1950. (Euless Historical Preservation Committee.)2023-12-02T20:21:55+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2023/11/14/robert-stanton-national-park-service-director-childrood-mosier-valley-texas/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/bob-stanto.jpgNPS PersonnelRobert G. "Bob" Stanton, Superintendent, National Capital Parks - East.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/vada-johnson.jpgvada-johnsonhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/robert-and-sallie-johnson-3701929744-e1700009916928.jpgRobert and Sallie Johnson and Their DaughterRobert and Sallie Johnson and their daughter outside of their home in Mosier Valley.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/st-john-baptist-church-and-congregation.jpgst-john-baptist-church-and-congregationhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/robert-stanton.jpgrobert-stanton2023-12-02T20:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2023/11/25/robert-stanton-little-rock-central-high-school-national-historic-site/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/little-rock-nine-362366520-e1700930136537.jpglittle rock nineFort Campbell Soldiers Stand guard as the Little Rock Nine walk into Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. Sept 24, 1957. Troops were deployed because Arkansas governor, Orval Faubas refused to follow the federal desegregation law.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/elizabeth-eckford.jpgelizabeth-eckfordElizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/national-guard.jpgnational-guardFort Campbell Soldiers Stand guard as the Little Rock Nine walk into Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. Sept 24, 1957. Troops were deployed because Arkansas governor, Orval Faubas refused to follow the federal desegregation law.https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/daisy-bates.jpgdaisy-bateshttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/little-rock-central.jpglittle-rock-centralhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/stanton.jpgNPS Personnel; Entertainment/Performing ArtsSpencers Mountain being filmed at Grand Teton National Park. (L to R): Delmar Daves, Director; Robert Stanton, Seasonal Ranger; Barbara McNair, Warner Brothers; William Kinard, Seasonal Ranger; Actor Henry Fonda, Warner Brothers.2023-12-02T20:18:58+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2022/09/29/faneuil-hall-boston-name-change-debate/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/faneuil-interp.pngfaneuil-interphttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/img_0373.jpgimg_0373https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/faneuil-hall-engraving.webpfaneuil-hall-engravinghttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/untitled-design.pnguntitled-design2023-11-14T02:32:52+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2021/09/27/the-confirmation-process-for-nps-director-is-a-consequence-of-political-partisanship/2023-11-14T02:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2023/11/13/public-historian-nick-deluca-blog-revival-and-new-direction/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/nick-deluca-park-guide.pngNick DeLuca park guideThe author of this blog, Nick DeLuca, leading a tour of the Freedom Trail for the National Parks of Boston.2023-11-18T15:41:54+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2020/07/27/massachusetts-native-american-team-names-mascots-masconomet-regional-high-school/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/chieftains-arrowhead.jpegchieftains arrowheadMasconomet Regional High School logo2021-01-28T20:40:44+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2020/07/07/confederate-monuments-statue-park/2021-01-28T20:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2017/11/01/abraham-lincoln-fun-facts-places-named-after-us-presidents/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/abraham_lincoln_o-77_matte_collodion_print.jpgAbraham_Lincoln_O-77_matte_collodion_printhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lincoln_il.pngLincoln_ILhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/abraham_lincoln_by_hesler_1857.jpgAbraham_Lincoln_by_Hesler,_18572020-07-09T15:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2018/09/06/george-washingtons-sense-of-humor-6-moments/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/george-washington2.jpggeorge washingtonhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/george-washington_trumbull.jpggeorge washington_trumbullImage via Public Domain/ John Trumbullhttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/george-washington_peale.jpggeorge washington_pealeImage via Public Domain/Charles Wilson Pealehttps://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/george-washington.jpggeorge washingtonImage via Arnold Gatilao (CC BY 2.0)2021-08-02T14:11:32+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2019/01/08/theodore-roosevelts-near-death-experience-in-pittsfield-massachusetts/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/16866322.jpg16866322https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/16866321.jpg16866321https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/16866160.jpg168661602020-07-09T15:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2020/07/08/trumps-national-statue-park-is-not-the-antidote-called-for-in-this-moment/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/50086395873_0762da1f22_k.jpg50086395873_0762da1f22_k2020-07-09T15:04:59+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.com/2020/01/02/henry-david-thoreau-cape-cod-national-seashore/https://npdeluca.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/9192159859_35657657cc_k.jpg9192159859_35657657cc_k2020-07-09T15:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://npdeluca.comdaily1.02026-02-03T17:19:54+00:00