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Also Known As NPS
Date 1916 - present
Areas Of Involvement conservation • national park • national monument
Related People Woodrow Wilson

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Yellowstone National Park: Old Faithful
Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park
John Muir
The Grand Cañon, Yellowstone
Yosemite National Park: Vernal Fall
Glacier National Park: Iceberg Cirque
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina
Carlsbad Caverns National Park: Giant Dome and Twin Domes
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Washington Monument. Washington Monument and fireworks, Washington DC. The Monument was built as an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington.
All-American History Quiz
Gutzon Borglum. Presidents. Sculpture. National park. George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Theodore Roosevelt. Abraham Lincoln. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota.
National Parks and Landmarks Quiz