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Inspiration can strike any time—and anywhere. Discover how national parks share stories about creativity, hard work, and innovation across the United States. In the 1700s, blacksmiths and carpenters in the Blackstone River Valley created the parts and machines that launched the Industrial Revolution in America. A century later, in West Orange, New Jersey, Thomas Edison…

Have you ever been told to strike while the iron is hot? The building blocks for America’s age of industry were made in workshops and forges along powerful waterways. During this talk, rangers will discuss the development of Saugus Iron Works, the first sustained, integrated iron works in British Colonial America, and the development of…