Today marks the 109th anniversary of the founding of our National Park Service. Here are some pictures of National Park Rangers that I’ve taken over the years. The first batch is from Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park. It’s fairly local to me and I’ve attended many tours and lectures there over the years.
Actually, I toured parts of it with college history classes before the park was established. It’s fairly new to a national park, first designated in 2002. Before that, Belle Grove existed as a historical site and part of the surrounding Cedar Creek Battlefield was preserved by a battlefield foundation.
Also, Shenandoah National Park is local to me. It was built before I was born, and I’ve been going there all my life. I grew up in Northern Virginia, so even then, it was only a few hours away.
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| Collage of SNP Rangers for Mosaic Monday |
Currently our National Parks are underfunded. They are a treasure and a wonderful resource and deserve the support of the American people and the government.
National parks are national treasures and to underfund them while pouring untold millions into a wasteful military parade in Washington is an obscenity.,
ReplyDelete...I hope that they will have many more birthdays!
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree with the comments. It's good having such helpful Service. Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for sharing this. Glad to read about.
Have a wonderful week. Greetings by Heidrun
...thank you too for your comment. Indeed Milk is difficult for me too!
I love your National Parks - When I was a teenager we went to Yosemite and my trip to Glacier two years ago when we met some Rangers, remains a lifetime travel highlight! Funding is so crucial, I have been writing about this for our canals and rivers this week.
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