Mardorf comes to Cedar Rapids from Vicksburg, Mississippi, where she most recently served as Superintendent of Vicksburg National Military Park. She starts her position in Cedar Rapids June 23.

The park's name comes from a shipwrecked Quaker merchant who was captured by natives off Jupiter with his family in 1696.

Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee was the site of a bloody Civil War battle to control the Confederate Railroad ...

Gettysburg National Military Park is ranked #1 out of 12 things to do in Gettysburg. See pictures and our review of Gettysburg National Military Park.

But the Henricus Historical Park also taught visitors about the first public health codes, which were then overseen by soldiers, as well as the weapons colonists used and the wounds they inflicted.

Local government news in Eastern Iowa, Cedar Rapids government, Iowa City government, Marion, IA, from the The Gazette newsroom ...

8 Seconds. We are honoring the Top 10 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Emma Hua, age 16. By The Learning Network ...