The National Park Service turned 100 years old Thursday, a milestone being celebrated everywhere from Independence Hall to Mount Rainier.
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The National Park Service urges you to get out and explore our nations parks all over the country.
More than 305 million people visited national parks previous year, an all-time record.
The films focus on several parks that receive less attention but are still important to the history of the parks, such as “Flight 93”, the story of the new national memorial in Shankville, Pennsylvania, where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Bay City News makes note of 10 national park locations nearby, and highlights places like the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historic Park, and the Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site.
The National Park Service preserves the highest peak in North America, the deepest lake in the country, and the longest cave system in the world.
Sandoval was at the park at an official National Parks Centennial Celebration Thursday afternoon.
Entrance to the park will also be free on September 24, National Public Lands Day, as well as Veterans Day.
“I’ve been here yesterday doing a speech and helping design this national park, myself with my team”.
President Woodrow Wilson had the same idea 100 years ago and created the National Park Service.
The National Park Service is also holding a celebration for Acadia’s centennial on Saturday at the Jordan Pond House.
Teodorski says logging would have taken away South Carolina’s only national park.
The eighth-most visited National Park in the United States, the Natchez Trace Parkway that extends from Nashville to Natchez, Miss. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Maryland is offering free mule-drawn boat rides on Thursday.
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“The U.S. National Parks are full of wonders, but most people don’t get the chance to visit in person”.
