While most of us play in our vast system of 63 national parks, others work there. Today, on National Park Service Founders Day, we recognize their efforts and the priceless gift of our country"s national parks. The NPS protects and maintains these parks as well as hundreds of national monuments and other natural, historical, and recreational properties. They include some of our most stunning natural landscapes, like North Cascades National Park in Washington state, featured here. This image, of the Triplets and Cascade Peak, is taken from atop Forbidden Peak.
National Park Service Founders Day
Today in History
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A bridge of Madison County
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When Death Valley blew its top
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Mada’in Saleh archeological site in Saudi Arabia
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Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
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Cumberland Island National Seashore
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Swinging into International Jazz Day
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The Children’s Cultural Festival in Reykjavik begins today
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A hint of spring
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Mackerel forming a bait ball to avoid predators
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The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic
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Happy Father s Day
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Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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It s Bermuda s big day
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League of Nations, 100 years later
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Celebrating Chile’s Independence Day
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Memorial Day
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Here we mark the price of freedom
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Keep shining
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I ll call for pen and ink
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World Water Day
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Womens History Month
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Things are looking up
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Womens History Month
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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Spring equinox
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A lofty lighthouse and a little ocean spray
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Whatever floats your boat
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Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
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Christmas Eve
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