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nTodaynis the National Park Service birthday!
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nNotnonly that, it is the NPS Centennial! It is 100 years old today!!!
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Becausenof that, today through Sunday, August 28, park admission is free fornall U.S. National Parks. And for the rest of the year, fourth-gradersnare free to all national parks and other federal lands and waters.
Becausenof that, today through Sunday, August 28, park admission is free fornall U.S. National Parks. And for the rest of the year, fourth-gradersnare free to all national parks and other federal lands and waters.n
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nThenNational Park Service was created by an act of Congress and wasnsigned by President Woodrow Wilson on this date in 1916. The agencynmanages all U.S. national parks, many national monuments, and manynother properties such as historic sites, battlefields, preserves andnreserves, and seashores.
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nThenU.S. Mint is celebrating the NPS Centennial with threenlimited-edition coins – a five-dollar gold coin, a silver dollar,nand a half dollar. Can you see figure out what the pictures on the coinsnrepresent?
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nTherenare so many amazing things to see at the United States NationalnParks. It’s hard to choose just a few favorite things, but here are anfew of mine:
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nYellowstonenhas got to grab top honors, for me. It’s crazy gorgeous and sometimesnweirdly beautiful. I can see why it was the first national park in the country (and the world!).
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nInalso love nature-sculpted rock soooooo much. Arches National Park isnone of many of my favorite rockscape locales. n
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nInhave only seen the Vermillion Cliffs National Monument from afar –nyou have to win a lottery to be allowed to make the hike to see “thenWave,” pictured here – but even from afar thesenrockscapes…well, rock!
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nDidnI mention that I love rockscapes? Well, Capitol Reef National Park isnright there with some gorgeous vistas!
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nAnothernof my very favorite brands of beauty is snow-capped mountains couplednwith multi-colored wildflowers. Here, Mount Rainier at its best!
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nAndnI love the alpine landscapes of Rocky Mountain National Park!
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nLast,na more recent sort of favorite beauty is the weird and convolutednformations seen in caves. This is from Carlsbad Cavern National Park.
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nInhave been to – and loved! – Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. But Inwould love to see running lava, especially lava running into thenocean. From a safe distance, of course!
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nI’dnalso love to go to Dinali National Park, in Alaska, someday…
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nTherenare other beautiful national parks in Alaska as well. Since I’vennever been to Alaska, I’ve never clapped my eyes on Lake ClarknNational Park, pictured here, nor any other Alaska landscape…
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nANSWERSnto the question about the National Park Service commemorative coins:
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nGoldn coin – likenesses of John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt in front ofn Yosemite’s Half Dome on one side…
…the National Park Servicen arrowhead-shaped logo on the other
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nSilvern dollar – Yellowstone’s Old Faithful Geyser on one side…
…an Latina Folklórico dancern andn the National Park Service arrowhead-shaped logo onn the other
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nHalfn dollar – Hiker enjoying the wilderness, and a child discovering an frog, on one side…
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…then National Park Service arrowhead-shaped logo on the othern
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAnniversary of the liberation of Paris
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nAnniversarynof the beginning of the Belgian Revolution
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nNationalnSecond-hand Wardrobe Day
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nAnniversarynof the Great Moon Hoax
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nComposernLeonard Bernstein’s birthday
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