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==Pyle historic sites== [[File:Ernie Pyle Library Albuquerque New Mexico.jpg|thumb|The Ernie Pyle Library in Albuquerque]] *In 1947, the [[Albuquerque City Council]] accepted Pyle's last home in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], as a memorial to the late war correspondent. Since 1948 the former residence, known as the [[Ernie Pyle House/Library|Ernie Pyle Library]], has served as the first branch of the [[Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System]]. The library branch houses a small collection of adult and children's books, as well as Pyle memorabilia and archives.<ref name="NHL">{{cite web|url=http://www.doi.gov/news/06_News_Releases/061013.html|title=Ernie Pyle's Home a National Historic Landmark|author=U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=October 31, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070125100622/http://www.doi.gov/news/06_News_Releases/061013.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = January 25, 2007|author-link= United States Department of the Interior}}</ref> The Ernie Pyle House/Library was designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]] on September 20, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ernie Pyle House | work=National Historic Landmark Program|publisher=National Park Service |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1923418086&ResourceType=Building |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606190021/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1923418086&ResourceType=Building |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=January 16, 2019}}</ref> *The Ernie Pyle World War II Museum (Pyle's restored birthplace) includes a farmhouse that was moved from its original location to [[Dana, Indiana]]. The museum, which is open to the public, became a state historic site in July 1976; however, it is no longer part of the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites system. Its present-day owners and operators are the Friends of Ernie Pyle.<ref name=BoomhowerTraces30-31/><ref>{{cite web| title =Home | work = The Ernie Pyle World War II Museum | publisher =Friends of Ernie Pyle | url =https://www.erniepyle.org | access-date =January 22, 2019}}</ref> The museum's visitor center, constructed from two World War II-era [[Quonset hut]]s features displays, mostly of Pyle's wartime career.<ref>{{cite book | author=Earl L. Conn | title =My Indiana: 101 Places to See | publisher =Indiana Historical Society | year =2006 | location =Indianapolis | pages=110β11 | isbn=9780871951953}}</ref> ===Other sites named in Pyleβs honor=== *Elementary schools named for Pyle include buildings in [[Clinton, Indiana]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Ernie Pyle Elementary School [Clinton, Indiana] | publisher =GreatSchools.org | url =https://www.greatschools.org/indiana/clinton/1626-Ernie-Pyle-Elementary-School/ | access-date =January 15, 2019}}</ref> [[Indianapolis]], Indiana;<ref>{{cite web| title =Ernie Pyle School 90 | publisher =GreatSchools.org | url =https://www.greatschools.org/indiana/indianapolis/809-Ernie-Pyle-School-90/ | access-date =January 15, 2019}}</ref> [[Bellflower, California]];<ref>{{cite web| title =Ernie Pyle Elementary School [Bellflower, California] | publisher =GreatSchools.org | url =https://www.greatschools.org/california/bellflower/1546-Ernie-Pyle-Elementary-School/ | access-date =January 15, 2019}}</ref> and [[Fresno, California]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Ernie Pyle Elementary School [Fresno, California] | publisher = GreatSchools.org | url =https://www.greatschools.org/california/fresno/851-Pyle-Elementary-School/ | access-date =January 15, 2019}}</ref> *Other schools include Ernie Pyle Middle School in Albuquerque, New Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernie Pyle Middle School |url=http://www.greatschools.org/new-mexico/albuquerque/62-Ernie-Pyle-Middle-School/| access-date =January 15, 2019}}</ref> *A segment of [[US 36#Indiana|U.S. Highway 36]] from [[Danville, Indiana]], to the Indiana/Illinois state line is known as the Ernie Pyle Memorial Highway. A memorial rest park named in Pyle's honor was established along U.S. 36, southeast of Dana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2036§ion=1|title=US 36|publisher=Highway Explorer β Indiana Highway Ends|access-date=2013-04-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216072050/http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2036§ion=1|archive-date=December 16, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *A street in Galax, Virginia. *A road at [[Fort Riley]], [[Kansas]], bears his name, as well as a street at [[Fort Meade, Maryland|Fort Meade]], [[Maryland]].{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=U.S. Army |title=History of Fort George G. Meade |url=https://home.army.mil/meade/index.php/about/history |access-date=May 23, 2023}}</ref> *A small island in [[Cagles Mill Lake]], southeast of the town of Cunot in [[Owen County, Indiana]], bears his name.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ernie Pyle Island |publisher=Mapcarta |url=http://mapcarta.com/20860074 |access-date=February 9, 2015}}</ref> *Ernie Pyle Reserve Center, [[Fort Totten (Queens)|Fort Totten, Queens, New York]]. *A rest stop on Interstate 80 near Brighton, IN is named Ernie Pyle Travel Plaza.
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