National Park Service Stories
"There is nothing so American as our national parks," declared President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the "National Parks Year" of 1934, enthusiastically channeling the spirit of his predecessor and distant cousin, Theodore. That has only become truer in the decades since. We commemorate our American story—and the deep and interwoven connections between national parks and historic preservation—with the stories below.
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Telling the Full American Story Documenting the Rio Vista Farm and Bracero Reception Center -
Telling the Full American Story "Beyond Granite: Pulling Together" Brings Connection and Belonging to the National Mall -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund The Power of Place and Racial Trauma Healing with Dr. Justin S. Hopkins -
Where Women Made History Women’s Historians Honor Clara Barton at the Nation’s First Women’s History Site -
Preservation Magazine An Intensive Cleaning and Restoration Project Makes the Jefferson Memorial Sparkle -
Preservation Magazine Discover the Kansas Town Settled by Black Homesteaders in the 1870s -
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Maggie L. Walker’s Home Preserves African American Entrepreneurship -
Saving America's Historic Sites 4 Incredible World Heritage Sites in America -
Modern Architecture A "Fresh Start": Mission 66 and the Transformation of National Parks
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This May, our Preservation Month theme is “People Saving Places” to shine the spotlight on everyone doing the work of saving places—in big ways and small—and inspiring others to do the same!
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