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National Ballet of Cuba

(Encyclopedia)National Ballet of Cuba: see Alonso, Alicia. ...

National Bureau of Standards

(Encyclopedia)National Bureau of Standards: see National Institute of Standards and Technology. ...

National Defense Education Act

(Encyclopedia)National Defense Education Act (NDEA), federal legislation passed in 1958 providing aid to education in the United States at all levels, public and private. NDEA was instituted primarily to stimulate ...

National Gallery of Art

(Encyclopedia)National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, established by an act of Congress, 1937. Andrew W. Mellon donated funds for construction of the building as well...

Mount McKinley National Park

(Encyclopedia)Mount McKinley National Park: see Denali National Park and Preserve. ...

Mount Rainier National Park

(Encyclopedia)Mount Rainier National Park rānērˈ, rə– [key], 235,625 acres (95,395 hectares), SW Wash., in the Cascade Range; est. 1899. The area is dominated by Mt. Rainier, a volcanic peak 14,410 ft (4,392 ...

Mount Revelstoke National Park

(Encyclopedia)Mount Revelstoke National Park rĕvˈəlstōkˌ [key], 100 sq mi (259 sq km) SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mts., just E of the Columbia River valley; est. 1914. Situated on a high platea...

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Mount Rushmore National Memorial, 1,278 acres (518 hectares), SW S.Dak., in the Black Hills; est. 1925, dedicated 1927. There, carved on the face of the mountain and visible for 60 mi (97 km), are the...

Muir Woods National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Muir Woods National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Mojave Trails National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Mojave Trails National Monument, 1.6 million acres (647,000 hectares), SE California. Linking Joshua Tree National Park and Mojave National Preserve, it follows the trails of the Chemehuevi people, a ...