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k 1VWI.com*: the’.nee.r ar.d lery,nary:hiefParkhim.: rib-s his/, his ripes vice, were/lerkimrpart:“When plans for the dedication ofzens.* .“It seems to me fitting that thisthe Cadillac Mountain Road were first ragged beauty spot of Nature, locatedwith the mood of nature., t“Our gentle old philosopherL.conspired in my education, g?considered, it was my understanding in a lar^d rich in historic tradition;? idea that has stood the test ofcentury:w ‘Tru'j happiness is once r touched perfection, and not tthat the Secretary of the Interior commanding a s^eep of sky, sea andwould be present and take an active forest, of landscape and of shore, unpart in the cerlt; monies. Instead of surpassed, should be the scene of suchthat. Dr. Wilbur made his visit to a work. And while many hands and j jogged on fozever in medioerit;Acedia National Park more than a minds have helped, we would, for the I “Here, future generations lt;month ago. At the time, I was at a moment, turn individual recognition { just that happiness; the visior loss to understand the procedure, but upon the present superintendent of (never forgotten; the vision th now tht I have made my first visit this National Park—Mr. George Buck- j can recall to bring eourag€ and to the park to represent the Secretary nam Dorr, a man who has given his jin the dark hours of a sleepicoon this occasion, the matte! is entire- lifetime service* that the beauties j when the cares and trouble.*ly clear. Dr. Wilbur began to hear here about us might the better be I world look overwhelming, so much about this park that he just realized.could not wait until July 23 to get here and see it foi himself. I am glad he couldn't, because otherwise I might have missed an opportunity to f the ■ v*sit on* °f *be most beautiful placesfhile I * have ever seen.wasCongressman Nelson said:I “In what you have done? his have surely provided a plygr i beautiful, that those who p-fteach of or^nity, beauty and “On th: • serene hi!!top far iUMr. Chariman, distinguished guests, from it, ail that naand friends:s“Just before leaving Washington for JMaine I visited the Interior Depart-j Pas^lo:r r*orld, kc u~ •nd i ^ comt from the State of Mcntanr., ment on business connected with ihisi^hirk. In r. uiuple of huudru Dtcr- j where Glacier National Park and part . park( and noted there for the first i from the beginning of a ;e • F the Yellowstone are located. I juat outside the door of his old jstout-h ''ut'd adventurers,also visited many of the other great ■. Qfhce a bronze pii(|ue recently erect-1 built ihis nanon, now seu^i.i ain’s j v^stern parks so I have a good ba£ is, commemorating the life and ser- i prooSem; and going, Heavt: f the | for comparison, and I believe that you, vices of Stephen T. Mather, Director here, at u arful speed. W,- haof the National Park Service duringH.msbell,have here the most urique membei lt;f the national park system that I haveseen. For one thing, it is the firstan indu •trial machine its formative years, to whom perhaps!30 intricate-, that it w-Jmore than to any other one man we arei h:3nly j national park to have been establ is he d indebted for our wonderful system ofjties | oast of the Mississippi Rivtr and it i j^^tional parks, areas of superlative the only national park in the system beauty, of aceintific and historic in-mg,which is entirely the gift of priveti-err. I citizens to th* people of the Nation. tjrr. I Acadia National Park also has thetion and wor.dei of the rKUstaggerc d to find that ihiswhirls it sc-If to destxuct u -nnot be run near fail set.*We have a political o;Tu rrterest, extending across the continentfrom the Yosemite in the West to this ,a country so enormous, w Acedia in the East -areas heldmto diverse and divertrm\here i un;que d:st;ncUon of be;ng the orJ.y trugt by th,, nat5on f0, th, benefit . f form of gc,vernm-:r.. « • 1 TT T « «k **iMieriy|s B.con-member of the system ;r\ the Un:ted i States pioper wo’th an ocean boundry rgjy • If tht proposed Cape Sable Evergidta upt j region ;n Florida becomes a naf onalind- Pafk ^ir'8 exclusive d*st;nct;on will ^ t0 ] be taken away from Acad;a but actually ;t will make no difference because the two regions are so entirely different. Nowhere else on our porthon lt;f the Atlantic Coast wffl you find gramtf moiinta;ns rearing their heads almost directly out of the sea. The magnificent ocean firod wh;eh nearly bisectsunder the strain.generations ye c to come.“Upon this plaque was d.picud a problem, t«»'bas-relief of Stephen T. Maths i, a difficult for background of the tress and mountains which he bed, and .hi inscrifti a::At leastwekrV\ • •no, i\rat-zmi-*rierof! Mt. Desert Island i’s the only one t be found on any coastal boundary lt;“He .aid the foundations of theNational Park °A~r'and establishing the policies undci w'hich its areas shall be developedand conserved, unimpaired, for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done.”abandon:dand virtues, and ad ox-iace for riches, a mac iService, delln.rg firv Dle,.sure; :,nd ,vlworn sane ana p ri■pic in a pr‘O'amm or state.“Here neoole muit .noh’v beforr-r *■* \n\livethewaslale,^ted“As I read that insetiotion the I h^ t)iaf tionim-tur-ofthethefal-thethethe Un'ted States outs’de of Alaska, thought came to me then as it comes l*ur peopi “When Secretary Wilbur returned to me to Washington after his visit to Acadia Mather he spoke enthusiastically of the popu- System of larity which he believes this National Dc lr halt;ipark will enjey in the future, and the Park of Maine, andcr'' .O' *now that what Stephen T. ' meaning and iess..n;«t u the N Etional Park ; gre a test gift tlt; ■ ma - k this c umry. George B.f na'1;P.dbfa n to Acadia National* • » • » • •i t.. *“There wili nevtr come ur. endinego*vjec-Barjest 1 rs;.1.mar pop no Somi-ini has said that an mstiru-tien is but the elongated shadow »f a man. This natilt;nnj park, for years th-1 '»riy lt;?o east of : he Mississippi, combirdng (•xtraordirxary’ scenic beuu-tv with seieruific and historic inter-elt;, guaohd in its beamy y^t free all, was rnai'j possibb- by gvn gifts fr-aii publio-spirited oir.•G.u oe »* -.j1 L ■Toni it» k1I douh:short time that I have been here con- may be sa:d . f hvs unselfish labor* ht re: grar.dt.': pi.n vinc-es me that his prophecy was not an idle one. Until recently the penpl%of the East uave not been nationai-park conscious in the manner that we in the WTest are. With the except ini of this park, there were fionc . ast of the Mississippi River. But, in a very quiet and gradual way, this situation has changed almost ent last few years; I might even say in the past two years. Back in 1925 orthereabouts, when Congress had rr.« rer~j* • t.\m\Yinvv fDUEsuch f- ss I u: ;i c a m p l . s ncIrs.onthedthtime for such things, it authorized the, mem to Mr. P-cr who has mad- itestablishment of sev(jral natilt;*naJ the chief objective of the iast thirty parks in the East with the idea of c-x-j years of a h.mg and useful life. In ittending the Nation's great system of ae has lived, moved, and had ha- bt. -iNational parks to include some of the* mg. “He wh a dream hath p- »-wonder areas of the East, and to bring sessed” has g \en tu the reaiizari-■Tithe benefits of the system w ithin of that dream his perslt;mal energies, h-.sieasier reach of a densely populated | tvorldly goods, and his devote d se: va/o.i In trutii, Acadia National Park’s buiX.‘ *t V• ' . '* tw*• ' • •nind ! sectiori of the country.“Already the nucleous of t hp great the elongated - hadoAo r*ui'»totpt./t•lay[rs.Extern Park-to-Park Highway hasAna kgav■( M;Ta man.“This park movement originated m been officially designated and when itf 1901. The first gift was received in . ar.d i is finally, worked out, Acadia National; 1908. The ar a w as accepted as a Park will be one of the best loved ! national monument in 1916 and es-jParks on the route. When the people f tabfished as a national park in 1916. of the densely populated eastern ■ Vear by year the park has grown inran a:uai n.G crmV.ton secti°n °f country become fully I size and beauty.meterthenational-park conscious as vve now are j “We open here today a wonderful in the West, people in search of peace,; highway built by the Federal govern-of tranquillity will come to Acadia ! ment to make available to all men theNational Park in great numbers, j matchless beauty of this spot. We There is something about the sea that | stand here on the largest rock-built clears tired heads and unravels ex-(island of the Atlantic coast, on the^u-i! -.vT- * * ^ — V.V W } ‘a^e i hausted nerves. The beauty that they loftiest headland of that coast { drink in from the magnificent scenery —~preme in landscape interest, her,Governmentof t::u I::*c .and u-■ fi :t nds .»f ink *cessAnd :t as ihi GuvtrnmtT.:arc r-r l::us:ast:c gs havu shour: ths-m.vwould have been r; Park, r:o oreserv:r.gA ^people *f t:vs comiA- t •* •A?k,rs.pt.:edrs,heorthe new autcmob • Mount -h g , i ra*n, naat: reless, se 1 f-saur:!b •r rjc^ {spread before them through the medi-ieven thus, so rich this spot in scivnum of the Cadillac Mountain road will j tific and historic associations that we ta;n sect:ons of Mr. bring visitors back year after year, and see with the imagination even more make Acadia National Park on the than with the eye. coast of Maine famous the world over, j “It is an appropriate destiny that_ i this spot, of supreme scenic, scientific, ftcrve work id v *■; aj^.d historic interest, should be pre- man :s George B. L') -served, unimpaired, uncommercial- h;m for the greatized and unscarred, for future genera- done. It b : } my mtions. To those generous men and that w'hen a few yearsrwomen who gave these lands, who * of the mountam* wer*deed was recorded at Quebec by which [built theg€ r;ads and trails, to the : ot* lhfc. mouncams and p- m-a*that province, the seat then of theAYGov. Gardiner said;“Two centuries and forty-fouryears ago today—July 23, 1668—aAheanh-orat[r.n-Bdofofillrsj great heart and the gTeat vision or, am at that, was notFrench Government in America, s Qeorge Dorr, this state and this na- mountam. I hav-granted Antcine de la Moth Cadillac,tion owes a very generous debt of a gentleman of noble family in Frances | gra^jtude. When other works of man:d titleti!ty**the Island of Mt. Desert.“History has piassed; time has wrought its workf; man has achieved,and with startling dismissal of this vast space of years, we come today this July 23d of 1932—to dedicate what many of us regard as one of the finest scenic highways to be found in I our Nation. We are honored upon this occasion with the presence of anoted assembly of representatives of our Federal Government; with Chief Executives of our sister States; with men long prominent in the public lifeof our own State of Maine, who have in their respective capacities given of their best time and effort in behalf of this development; with men, who in private life, have contributed to theend of granting a gift to posterity.r * 4“As Governor of Maine it affordsme great pleasure to welcome all tothese exerciser; to speak this word ofshall have passed away these things*ng Dut bus own weu-Knovnprevented su» h aurora Perl novv :t ;s not to lato a :will endure as a perpetual witness to uhangi .the vision and the love of humanitythat have made this park possible.’a iSecretary Adams said:The presence here tuday d’stinguished officials to the and State from outside (State cf Marne, indicates th-wide interest in Acadia Park.Schooner Head perhaps fifteen years 1“When I stood with George Dorr on , . a .. ,1 people arc nocking here in n... . ,. . inumbers and swelling the :ago, and heard his good accomplish-,. . ... , T, ’ , , . . . J_. , T increasing visitor^ list. The;ments and his fascinating dreams, I . , . , , D .: , , , T , , , ; for the future of the Pane arthad no thought that I should evei , . . , . . , .6 ^: and its friends may look farstand here representing the President _ , ,. , j c*^ 4. • ., ■ firmly believe with confident-.-of the united States, to enjoy this'great sensation of beauty, and to congratulate all the generous benefactors who have aided in making available the most serenely beautiful spot in this great country of ours. The GrandCanyon may be more gorgeous; mountains here and there may be more, but nowhere else have we sofuture.’’f-\«L!Spare Us 1Women who might ma^mechanics are shunted into **and sewing,says Amelia F~Time may bring the visios beautiful angel wiping her. ^ # ____, m hands on a pair of overallsperfect a compositic n of sea and for*!
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Bar Harbor, Maine, US
Wed, Jul 27, 1932
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