US National Park Service Celebrates Centennial

Exactly 100 years ago, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson created the National Park Service. The goal was "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same." Today, the National Park system maintains 412 places all over the country, covering more than 34 million hectares of land. These areas include national parks, monuments, battlefields, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores,...

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