# america beautiful (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover america beautiful. Page: Feed: --- ## [National Park Week Resources | NPS and University of Tennessee Launch New Academic/Workforce Development Partnership | South Carolina Looks to Revive Savannah River National Scenic Byway](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/national-park-week-resources-nps) _2026-08-19 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads: Great American Road Trip Reality TV Series Released on YouTube | WV Celebrates Success of Tourism Workforce Development Initiative | National Zoo Announces Birth of 3 Red Pandas ## [August 19, 1958: COUNTER HISTORY: CLARA LUPER & THE OKLAHOMA CITY SIT-IN](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/august-19-1958-counter-history-clara) _2026-08-19 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ Like many retail outlets across the South in the 1950s, Katz Drug Stores, “The World’s Leading Cut Rate Drug Store,” served African Americans in its pharmacy and aisles, but not at its lunch counter. ## [New FEMA Administrator Confirmed | NFWF RFP: Hurricane Response Marine Debris Removal Fund](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/new-fema-administrator-confirmed) _2026-08-13 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads: Morris County Launches Farm Travel Passport | Las Cruces Offers Self-Guides Film Location Tour | Philadelphia Turns Books Into A Destination ## [August 12, 1859: KATHARINE LEE BATES & "America the Beautiful"](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/august-12-1859-katharine-lee-bates) _2026-08-12 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ Because we share an alma mater, I’ve known that Katharine Lee Bates wrote the poem which became the lyrics of a beloved American anthem, “America the Beautiful.” Congressional resolutions to substitute it for the “Stars Spangled Banner” have not gotten out of committee, but public petitions continue. ## [trump Can't Even Let a Dying Man Pray in Peace](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/trump-cant-even-let-a-dying-man-pray) _2026-08-10 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ While Joe Biden fights cancer in his bones, trump is at Mar-a-Lago posting memes. That tells you everything about his character, and about the GOP's cowardice for staying silent. ## [Grant Opportunity: African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund | Report: Cuts Leave FEMA 'in the Dark' | Hillsborough Schools Launch Tourism-Based Magnet Program | Vermont Tourism's New Logo](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/grant-opportunity-african-american) _2026-08-07 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African America Cultural Heritage Action Fund is now accepting applications for its Preserving Black Churches grants. ## [LOOSE ENDS: 8.5.26](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/loose-ends-8526) _2026-08-05 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ Please excuse a brief pause in posts. Your author has been distracted by caring for my adorable grand girl, who couldn’t go to daycare because she had a temperature, and by a still busted freezer compressor. I had planned to report on the infamous 1974 ordination of the Philadelphia Eleven, supposedly renegade female Episcopal priests. ## [Tourism Grant Opportunities](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/tourism-grant-opportunities-8af) _2026-07-31 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Read: 7 Delightfully Offbeat Small Town Festivals ## [If This Is Trump Derangement Syndrome, Sign Me Up](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/congratulations-maga-youve-just-diagnosed) _2026-07-28 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ An open letter to MAGA, on why "you're just deranged" doesn't survive a single fact check. ## [Okefenokee Awarded World Heritage Inscription | Senate Energy & Commerce Committee Marks Up 39 Public Lands Bills | USA Today Publishes Special Edition on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/okefenokee-awarded-world-heritage) _2026-07-27 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Visit Alexandria Charts a New Path for Tourism ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TXTRCcXrIu6M) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [Congress Recesses for 5 Weeks, Heads Home to an Outraged Public | Advancing Public Lands Bills | Election Year Visitor Guides | Brand USA Plans Tourism Marketing Campaign in Canada](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/congress-recesses-for-5-weeks-heads) _2026-07-24 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Congress has adjourned for 5 weeks and will return to DC on August 31. ## [Okefenokee Gets Vote on UNESCO Designation | Senate National Parks Committee Holds Hearing on America Battlefield Protection Program Reauthorization and other public lands bills](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/okefenokee-gets-vote-on-unesco-designation) _2026-07-20 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Traverse City Advances Travel Accessibility for Rural Communities ## [JULY 19-20, 1848: SENECA FALLS](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/july-19-20-1848-seneca-falls-8b0) _2026-07-19 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ From Betsy: Voting rights for all Americans are being challenged. ## [Good Reads: Hosting Disability Inclusive Sporting Events | The Most Famous Seven Notes in Sports | Normalization of Canadian Travel | Canadian Spirits Boycott Pushback | Congress Tackles FEMA Reform](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/good-reads-hosting-disability-inclusive) _2026-07-16 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads & Good Videos ## [Tourism Grant Opportunities](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/tourism-grant-opportunities) _2026-07-13 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ As there is a lot of uncertainty about federal grants, I want to share some upcoming deadlines for grant funding for tourism communities to ensure that tourism offices and and community partners are able to take advantage of available funding opportunities. ## [LOOSE ENDS, 7.11.2026](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/loose-ends-7112026) _2026-07-11 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ Dear Readers: I may have made an etymological error, by calling these collections of your comments LOOSE ENDS. It did not occur to me until today to check the meaning of the phrase. ## [The Make-A-Wish Presidency](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/trump-the-make-a-wish-president) _2026-07-10 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ He's not governing. He's being granted wishes, one billion dollar tantrum at a time. ## [Hallmark's Merriest Christmas Towns Contest | Interior Requests Nominations for Long-Distance Biking Trails | FEMA Announces Additional $197 Million for NC Hurricane Recovery](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/hallmarks-merriest-christmas-towns) _2026-07-07 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads: NPS's A Guidebook & Toolkit for Gateway Community Heritage Tourism and Economic Development | Capitol Hill Parade Saves Nebraska's Bishop Neumann Cavaliers Marching Band's Trip to DC ## [JULY 4, 1776-2026: AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY PARTIES](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/july-4-1776-2026-americas-birthday) _2026-07-05 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ Author’s note: I imagine everybody in America has Fourth of July traditions. ## [JULY 1, 1972: WONDER WOMAN & GLORIA STEINEM](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/july-1-1972-wonder-woman-and-gloria) _2026-07-02 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ Wonder Woman, a comic book heroine, has been a feminist icon since she first appeared in 1941. The advocate of peace, justice and women’s rights was created by a Harvard-educated psychologist. William Marsden lived with his wife Elizabeth and student Olive Byrne, Margaret Sanger’s niece, fathering children with both women. ## [Meet Claude, the AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RGOqHh9sRGne) _2026-07-02 · **Sponsored**_ Conversational AI to answer questions, brainstorm ideas, and help with tasks. ## [Visit Macon CEO Testifies Before Congress | Great American State Fair | Interior Releases Interagency Recreation Visitation Data Report | Travel & Tourism Summer Talking Points](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/visit-macon-ceo-testifies-before) _2026-06-30 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads: Shreveport-Bossier Tourism Surges | West Virginia Mounts America250 Ferris Wheel | Canadian Consulate Reopens in Phoenix ## [Loving America Doesn't Mean Loving Its President](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/loving-america-doesnt-mean-loving) _2026-06-29 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ Patriotism isn't blind loyalty to whoever occupies the White House. It's loving America enough to demand better from it. ## [JUNE 26, 2003, 2013 & 2015: EXPANDING RIGHTS FOR LGBTQ AMERICANS](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/june-26-2003-2013-and-2015-expanding) _2026-06-27 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ On this date, near the end of three different terms, the Supreme Court expanded the rights of same-sex couples, ruling repeatedly that treating them differently than opposite-sex couples was unconstitutional. ## [Update: America the Beautiful Act | America's Block Party Expands to 7 Cities | North Carolina History Explorer Debuts](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/update-america-the-beautiful-act) _2026-06-24 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good news! ## [JUNE 23, 1868: TYPE-WRITERS & LADY COPYISTS](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/june-23-1868-type-writers-and-lady) _2026-06-24 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ Possible playlist: Dolly Parton’s “Nine to Five” (1980); Sondheim’s “Opening Doors” from Merrily We Roll Along (1981); the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, with music based on or performed by clacking typewriters (or Parton’s acrylic nails). ## [House Natural Resources Committee to Advance Great American Outdoors Act 250 | Consideration of America the Beautiful Act By Full Senate Possible This Week](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/house-natural-resources-committee) _2026-06-22 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads: Tartan Army Taxis | America 250 Celebrations in Arkansas, Presque Isle, Maine, and Pigeon Forge | Experience Fayetteville Releases Its Tourism Playbook ## [LOOSE ENDS: 6.22.26](https://pinkthreads.substack.com/p/loose-ends-62226) _2026-06-22 · PINK THREADS · PINK THREADS by Elisabeth Griffith_ As always, readers have continued the conversation about PINK topics, American history and current events. ## [Action Alert: Sign On Letter to Senate in Support of America the Beautiful Act | Report on the Economic Impact of Battlefield Tourism Released | Newport, KY Explores Tourism Tax Options](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/action-alert-sign-on-letter-to-senate) _2026-06-19 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ America250 Announcing July 4 Concert in Los Angeles | Freedom 250 vs. America250 Explained ## [America the Beautiful Act Picks Up Momentum | American Battlefield Protection Program Reauthorization Approved By The House](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/america-the-beautiful-act-picks-up) _2026-06-17 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads: FEMA Nominee on Challenges and Second Chances | Literary Travel Is Having A Moment ## [Tourism & Sports Update: Football Hero Visits Discover Daphne | Lawrence, KS Embraces Algerian Soccer | Croatian Looks to Translate Soccer Success into Tourism | Boston Welcomes Scottish Soccer Fans](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/tourism-and-sports-update-football) _2026-06-15 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee to Consider the America the Beautiful Act ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/x3HVc1c8UbId) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [Great American Outdoors Act 250 Introduced | House Natural Resources Committee Holds Field Hearing in Hot Springs; Actor Kevin Costner Testifies | FEMA Releases Disaster Relief Funds](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/great-american-outdoors-act-250-introduced) _2026-06-12 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads: Is Canadian Travel Boycott Over? | Great American State Fair Event Hits Organizing Hurdles ## [This Week In Washington: Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act Marked Up | Field Hearing on the Great American Outdoors Act 250 in Hot Springs, AR | FY27 Interior Appropriations Update](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/this-week-in-washington-local-communities) _2026-06-09 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads: Colorado Stargazing Trail | Juneteenth Food Festivals | George the Star | Forest Service Debuts New Recreation Mobile App ## [A City's Biggest Moment. And He Still Made It About Himself.](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/the-knicks-are-chasing-history-here) _2026-06-08 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ New York finally has something bigger than politics. trump couldn't leave it alone. ## [Great American Expedition Launches | NPS Announces Save America's Treasures Grants Program Is Accepting Applications | NEA Grants for Art Projects Accepting Applications](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/great-american-expedition-launches) _2026-06-04 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ Good Reads: Georgia Wildlife Haven Nears UNESCO Recognition | Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Raise Concerns for Great Smoky Mountains NP | American Road Trip is Back -- And It's All About The Food ## [Invite your friends to read DEFIANT Dispatches](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/invite-your-friends-to-read-defiant) _2026-06-03 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ Thank you for reading DEFIANT Dispatches — your support allows me to keep doing this work. ## [Call to Action: NPS FY27 Funding Sign On Letter | National Trust for Historic Preservation Announces 2026 Most Endangered Historic Places | U.S. Forest Service Celebrates National Trails Day](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/call-to-action-nps-fy27-funding-sign) _2026-05-29 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ In advance of the House Appropriations Committee mark up of the Interior Environment FY27 Appropriations Bill on Wednesday, June 3, the NPS Second Century Action Coalition is circulating a sign on letter to the Committee leaders and members thanking them for rejecting the President’s request significant budget cuts and asking them to include language requiring the rehiring and retention of… ## [Canadian Tourism Becomes a Hot Button Issue | Brand USA to Launch Canada Campaign | FY27 Interior Appropriations Bill Update | MS Gulf Coast NHA Hosts Elvis Themed "Summer of '56" Celebration](https://advocacyamplified.substack.com/p/canadian-tourism-becomes-a-hot-button) _2026-05-27 · Halle Czechowski · Advocacy Amplified_ With Congress back in their states/districts for a week, POLITICO takes a look at the midterm elections in the battleground state of Nevada and reports that the drop in Canadian tourism has become a hot button issue. ## [trumplethinskin Finally Got What He Wanted](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/the-tiny-fragile-ego-behind-stephen) _2026-05-22 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ trump never understood comedy, because comedy punches up at power. Fascists cannot tolerate ridicule. ## [Trump Runs America Like a Discount Mob Boss](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/the-temu-godfather) _2026-05-20 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ trump runs the country like a Facebook Marketplace scam with nuclear codes. ## [This Is What an Unfit President Looks Like](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/the-most-dangerous-words-trump-ever) _2026-04-02 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ He said the quiet part out loud and it changes everything. ## [This Is What It Looks Like When a Country Chooses Self-Destruction](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/they-would-rather-sink-with-us-than) _2026-03-20 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ This is not a clever breakdown. It’s what it sounds like when exhaustion finally takes over. ## [Donald Trump Just Embarrassed Us on the World Stage… Yet Again](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/donald-trump-just-embarrassed-us) _2026-03-20 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ Yet again, Trump has humiliated the entire country on the world stage. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191531599/5c9702f6e1cecfd086866c8fb77a37ed.mp3) ## ["He Just Makes Sh\*t Up": Democratic Rep. GOES OFF on Trump's Iran War](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/he-just-makes-sht-up-democratic-rep) _2026-03-17 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ Congressman Jimmy Gomez joins me on this special episode of The Siren! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191199741/c5667ab84c6a7e342b50e2d5de03415d.mp3) ## [The Missile That May Bring Down a Presidency](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/trump-tomahawked-his-presidency) _2026-03-10 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ Trump just told the world that Iran fired U.S. Tomahawk missiles at a girls’ school. That claim is either staggering incompetence or a deliberate lie about a potential war crime. ## [They Are Not Protecting Elections. They Are Controlling Them.](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/how-trump-is-stealing-the-2026-midterms) _2026-02-18 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ Voter ID lies, manufactured fear, and a coordinated campaign to shrink democracy ## [America, The Beautiful: It’s Not Them. It’s Us.](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/america-the-beautiful-its-not-them) _2026-02-09 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ How diversity made America beautiful, and why MAGA can’t stand it ## [trump’s Participation Trophy Culture](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/the-participation-trophy-culture) _2026-02-03 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ How a movement that screamed about merit built an empire of mediocrity ## [Why Venezuela, Why Greenland, Why Now?](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/why-venezuela-why-greenland-why-now) _2026-01-21 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ Why trump’s sudden obsession with oil, war, and territory is really about one thing he cannot survive ## [The Blue and Black Dress Was a Warning](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/the-blue-and-black-dress-moment-of) _2026-01-14 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ How the same video, the same facts, and the same reality shattered into two Americas ## [trump Isn’t Hiding His Next Move — We’re Just Not Prepared to Stop It](https://brooklyndaddefiant.substack.com/p/our-leaders-are-not-twisted-enough) _2026-01-06 · BrooklynDad\_Defiant! · DEFIANT Dispatches_ He doesn’t break rules by accident. He invents fraud to justify breaking them on purpose.