Park Service marks centennial with new citizens, monument

Markey (D-Mass.), a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the National Parks Service at a kick-off celebration at Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park in Boston, Massachusetts with National Parks of Boston and partner organizations who are hosting dozens of free activities along the waterfront. In honor of its centennial birthday, the NASA unveils the National Parks from space.

The newest addition is the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in ME, which President Obama designated on Wednesday.

The properties in the National Parks System nearest to Ohio University are Hopewell National Historical Park, about one hour away from Athens in Chillicothe, and Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Cleveland. He’s credited with helping Congress create the National Park Service. Today, they oversee more than 400 spaces including 59 national parks. Check out the president’s cool 360 degree tour of Yosemite park here.

This photo provided by the National Park Service shows people on the National Mall in Washington, looking toward the World War II Memorial, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, creating a giant, living version of the Natio.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee, Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky are also relatively close. Quimby’s son said many parks in the service’s system have been criticized upon creation but “when we look to the future, we see huge amounts of success”.

She also attended the celebration in Yellowstone.

Brown says the centennial celebration is a way to remind Americans that the 413 different national park units belong to them.

However, entrance will be free to Joshua Tree Superintendent David Smith’s 10 a.m. cutting of the NPS birthday cake at the park’s Oasis Visitor Center.

Yellowstone, Wyoming, became the first official national park in 1872, and more followed throughout Theodore Roosevelt’s presidency.