The National Park Service sent an architectural team to help plan for the new park.
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It was more than your typical birthday celebration Thursday as the National Park Service celebrated its centennial at the Great Overland Station.
The National Park Service is offering a free entry to parks across the country from August 25 to August 28.
To celebrate the Centennial, rangers led talks, tide pool explorations, tea and tours at the Russian Bishop’s House, and passed out vanilla cupcakes – with “park ranger” green sprinkles.
The Billings Gazette reports two-time Grammy victor John Prine sang “Paradise” in honor of his father, who used to take him to state and national parks.
The newest addition is the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in ME, which President Obama designated on Wednesday. Quimby’s son said many parks in the service’s system have been criticized upon creation but “when we look to the future, we see huge amounts of success”. Denali National Park centennial coordinator Lynn McAloon said the event was one of many held throughout the year, to mark the anniversary but also connect with the next generation of park users.
However, entrance will be free to Joshua Tree Superintendent David Smith’s 10 a.m. cutting of the NPS birthday cake at the park’s Oasis Visitor Center.
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Taylor tells 47 ABC, “It’s not just places like Assateague Island National seashore but there are places like the National Mall and Edgar Allen Poes home and the Grand Canyon and working farms and anything that you can think of that is unique is probably protected by the National Park service”. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Maryland is offering free mule-drawn boat rides on Thursday.
