National Park Service Birthday

[UngulateNerd92]

Mark your calendar to celebrate the National Park Service's 105th birthday on August 25, 2021! National parks across the country will be hosting in-park programs and virtual experiences. Entrance fees are also waived for everyone to come out to enjoy their national parks!

In honor of our 105th birthday, join us for a month-long celebration in August with a theme Park Scrapbooks. Generations of people have visited national parks for more than a century and continue to create new memories. Early park visitors sent postcards, captured photographs, and created scrapbooks to preserve memories and share with others. How do you capture or share your park memories and experiences? Videos, artwork, poetry, photographs, passport stamps, social media stories...the possibilities are endless.

NPS Birthday - NPS Celebrates! (U.S. National Park Service)

 

[Arizona Docent]

It is well known that Yellowstone was the world's first national park. In his epic documentary series, Ken Burns called national parks America's best idea. I would tend to agree.

 

[UngulateNerd92]

It is well known that Yellowstone was the world's first national park. In his epic documentary series, Ken Burns called national parks America's best idea. I would tend to agree.

I would totally agree with that as well. Our national park system actually inspired the creation of those in other countries such as Germany and South Korea.