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Santa's Village is a Christmas-themed amusement park in Jefferson, New Hampshire. Native to New Hampshire, Norm and Cecile Dubois wanted to create an attraction that brought people to the area of Jefferson. The Dubois family drove past a 16-acre piece of land and a young fawn jumped out. Their daughter asked Norm what the animal was and he replied, “One of Santa’s reindeer”. This child's inquiry inspired the Dubois family to purchase the property and open Santa’s Village.

Santa’s Village opened in 1953 for guests of all ages. Today, there are 23 rides, including 2 roller coasters, that have Christmas-themed names including “The Chimney Drop”, “The Little Drummer Boy”, and “Little Elf Flying School”.

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The Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum is located at the University of Texas in Austin. After its dedication in 1971 it became one of thirteen Presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Association. The library houses over 45 million pages of documents, 650,000 photographs, and several thousand hours of recordings all pertaining to President Johnson’s political career. While the museum houses over fifty thousand items, the main focus is on items donated by the Johnson family. These items include the outfits worn by President and Mrs. Johnson on inauguration day in 1964, items from the Oval Office, and the desk President Johnson used when he signed the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

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The Kingdome stadium, located in Seattle, Washington, was the former stadium for the Seattle Mariners and the Seattle Seahawks. It was constructed in April of 1977 and was in use for just over twenty years before it was demolished in March of 2000. CenturyLink Field, the current home of the Seahawks, was built on the same site. The Mariners new stadium, SafeCo Field, was opened in 1999 in Seattle.

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The Cold Hollow Cider Mill is a family-run business established in 1974 in Waterbury Center, Vermont. It is also a popular tourist spot, receiving over 350,000 visitors a year. The mill is the largest producer of fresh cider in the Northeast where they make over a million gallons of cider every year. Tourists can watch cider-making demonstrations in the main pressroom where they use a 1920s hydraulic press. They also offer cider tasting and other food items.

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Michigander is one of the unofficial terms used to describe a resident of the U.S. state of Michigan. The term “Michigander” is attributed to Abraham Lincoln, who is said to have invented the word in 1848 in reference to Lewis Cass, the governor of the Michigan territory at the time. Lincoln opposed presidential candidate Cass and his campaign platform of “popular sovereignty,” which would allow states that had been conquered in the Mexican-American War to decide whether they wanted to make slavery legal. Abraham Lincoln referred to Lewis Cass as a “Michigander” in a speech, in an attempt to portray Cass as a foolish goose, or gander. Because of its origin, some Michigan residents view the term as offensive, although many do not. A 2011 poll showed that 58% of Michigan residents prefer the term Michigander over other Michigan resident terms such as Michiganian, Michiganer, Michiganite, Michiganese, and Michigine.

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Michigander. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigander

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The Philadelphia Park Friends are local community groups educating and advocating for Philadelphia City parks, nature, and outdoor recreation. They work with Philadelphia Parks & Recreation as well as Fairmount Park Conservancy to organize park cleanup activities, fundraise and advocate for park improvements, and host recreational and educational events. Currently there are over 100 active Friends groups, some with several hundred members and others with just a few dedicated neighbors.

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Saint Peters or St. Peters Village is a community located in Pennsylvania and is part of a U.S. Historic District in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.  The village began as an industrial village due to iron ore deposits and granite quarries in the area, but is now known as a vacation and tourist destination due to the preservation of historical structures in the village.  The main street of St. Peter’s Road features private residences, shops, a hotel and a restaurant for tourists to enjoy. There's also the river that runs adjacent to the community and visitors can go to the abandoned quarry for sightseeing.

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Ontario contains Canada’s capital, Ottawa, and its most populous city, Toronto. Tourist draws include Niagara Falls, the CN Tower, casinos, and outdoor recreation. The Mounties (as pictured on this button), or Royal Canadian Mounted Police, are emblematic of Canada. The modern organization patrols Canada’s borders, assists other Canadian law enforcement agencies, and deals with organized crime, drug trafficking, terrorist threats, and more. 

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The high striker or strongman game is a popular attraction at amusement parks and carnivals.  Contestants use a mallet or hammer to hit a target in order to send a puck up to the top of the tower and ring the bell.  Those who are able to ring the bell are rewarded with a prize. In the 1930s it was revealed that many high striker machines were rigged at carnivals in order to keep contestants from winning a prize. 

Knott’s Berry Farm is a theme park in Orange County, California.  It was originally a berry farm owned by Walter Knott where he and his wife sold berries and berry products from the side of the road.  Interestingly enough, this location is where Walter Knott planted the wilted remains of Rudolph Boysen’s hybrid berry plants and began selling them as “Boysenberries”. The Knotts began serving food in addition to selling their berry products and became quite popular.  As people lined up for fried chicken and boysenberry pies, shops and interactive displays were constructed to entertain these patrons.  More and more attractions were added over the years making Knott’s Berry Farm the amusement park it is today.

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Vagabond Motor Hotels & Inns, now Vagabond Inn Hotels, is a chain of hotels in the Western half of the United States. Many of the locations are in California, near well-known attractions or sightseeing destinations. The company released a series of buttons with “I got the feeling in…” different cities where Vagabond Inns are located, including San Diego.