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Happy Birthday NPS

On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved an act of Congress creating the National Park Service and directing it “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life in the national parks and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”

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This entry was posted on August 25, 2005 and is filed under Events. It was written by by Loyd. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.



One Response to “Happy Birthday NPS”

  1. dan's outside
    August 25th, 2005 14:43
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    Happy Birthday NPS

    Seen at “yosemite blog”: Happy Birthday NPS On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson approved an act of Congress creating the National Park Service and directing it “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life [in th

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