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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 2016
Page
7
The National Park Service celebrates 100 years since its 1916 founding by President Woodrow Wilson on Aug 25. The agency aims to involve children as future park stewards, saying the celebration spans more than a day and focuses on past and future park stewardship.
The first national park, Yellowstone in Wyoming Montana and Idaho, was established in 1872 and will celebrate a century of the National Park Service with a concert at the Roosevelt Arch in Yellowstone. A ranger leads kids in an activity during the event.
The National Park Service offers free entrance for fourth graders through the school year under a program called Every Kid in a Park. About 2 million passes have been downloaded. Passes are available via bit.ly/2911W26 and a Passport to Your National Parks helps track visits with stamps, maps, and photos. The U.S. Mint marks the 100th anniversary with three limited-edition coins featuring Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and the NPS logo on the coin’s reverse. Since 2010 quarters celebrate national parks. Do you own any of these quarters now?
The text notes that national parks and monuments are designated by the president or Congress and highlights 21 new sites named during Obama’s presidency, including the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial and the World War I Memorial in Washington DC. It encourages finding nearby parks at findyourpark.com/find and invites participation in centennial events.
A library event titled Happy Birthday America's National Parks by Bob Grogg is listed with links and online access notes. The item suggests a focus on national parks and a birthday celebration presented by Grogg, inviting readers to explore online and in person.
A joke exchange features Cassie asking what a doctor said to a patient who swallowed a camera and Calvin’s punchline Let’s just see what develops. The note credits Kathy K upper of the NPS Office of Communications for assistance with the issue.
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