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The Yankee Freedom Dry Tortugas National Park Blog offers insightful information about a variety of things to do in Key West along with news articles and interesting facts about the treasured historical landmark. Check back often for updated content, special events, and promotions.

Courageous African Americans Honored

Official Newspaper of Dry Tortugas National Park, Vol. 2, Number 1 National Park Services Department of Interior Shortly after midnight on July 10, 1847, seven enslaved African Americans fled Garden Key. The courageous ...

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The Curious History Of Dry Tortugas National Park

Daniel Dustin "His stories were what frightened people worst of all. Dreadful stories they were -- about hanging, and walking the plank, and storms at sea, and the Dry Tortugas" ... ...

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Lonely fort in an azure sea tops our finds in far-flung Florida

By Brian J. Cantwell Northwest Weekend editor KEY WEST, Fla. — I met Tortugas Jack early one morning at quayside near where the spearminty waters of the Gulf of Mexico swirl into ...

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guests on a walkway above a moat that connects to the entrance to Fort Jefferson, a large brick structure, and to the right is a sign that reads ‘Fort Jefferson Dry Tortugas National Park’ mounted on brick

Performance Track Accepts 19 New Facilities

On August 30, 2004, EPA announced 19 new facilities from 11 states and Puerto Rico for membership in Performance Track. EPA also welcomes the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, which ...

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Aerial view of the hexoganal Ft. Jefferson surrounded by the azure waters of the Dry Tortugas

The Tortugas Triangle

Daniel J. Lenihan Lying in the Gulf of Mexico at its juncture with the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the Dry Tortugas were discovered by Ponce de Leon in 1513. "They ...

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Good Morning America onboard the Yankee Freedom

ABC News Weekend Window: Dry Tortugas National Park Bird Watchers Paradise: More than 300 species migrate to the Area By TRACEY MARX and IMAEYEN IBANG About 70 miles southwest of Key West, Fla. and ...

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Yankee Freedom featured in Rachael Ray Magazine

“One of the coolest things to do in Key West...” One of the coolest things to do in Key West is to leave Key West - and get on the air-conditioned ...

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NBC 6’s Hank Tester live from Fort Jefferson

by Hank Tester “So if we do this story why don’t we go live from Fort Jefferson?” That was NBC6 chief photographer Mike Zimmer, architect of some of Channel Six’s more daring ...

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Dry Tortugas & Fort Jefferson National Park

Certified Green

By Karen Rainbolt, Foghorn Managing Editor The Yankee Freedom has a distinct honor: it has been certified "green" by both the environmental protection agency and it has earned an environmental award ...

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