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National Park signage encourages the public to help erase negative stories at its sites • June 11, 2025, 1:54 AM ET (NPR)
Federal cuts halt landmark status for Louisiana plantation that teaches slavery's history • June 10, 2025, 1:47 PM ET (CBS)
Trump’s cuts to National Park Service rankle Republicans • June 9, 2025, 7:45 AM ET (The Hill)
Trump's efforts to cut National Parks budget faces bipartisan pushback • June 8, 2025, 2:57 AM ET (NPR)
National Park Service closes D.C.’s historic Dupont Circle Park during WorldPride • June 7, 2025, 7:47 AM ET (NBC)

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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
Tour Yellowstone National Park's geysers and hot springs and observe its wildlife
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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
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