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Geologic Formation Attractions In Brooksville

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Brooksville is a city in and the county seat of Hernando County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 7,719, up from 7,264 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. Brooksville was named in 1856 to honor Preston Brooks, a Democratic congressman from South Carolina. Brooks was an extreme advocate of chattel slavery. In 1856, Massachusetts senator and staunch abolitionist Charles Sumner gave an impassioned speech condemning slavery, in which he insulted Brooks' relative, Senator Andrew Butler. In response, Brooks attacked Sumner with a cane on the floor of...
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  • 1. Schoodic Point Winter Harbor
    Acadia National Park is an American national park located in the state of Maine, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park reserves most of Mount Desert Island and its associated smaller islands along the coast of Maine. Initially designated Sieur de Monts National Monument by presidential proclamation in 1916, the park was renamed and redesignated as Lafayette National Park in 1919. The park was renamed Acadia National Park in 1929.More than 3.5 million people visited the park in 2017. Acadia National Park is the oldest national park in the United States east of the Mississippi River and is the only one in the Northeast United States.
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