Electronic Library and Archive containing digital editions of documents published by or about the National Park Service and the National Parks, National Monuments, National Historic Sites covering their natural and cultural history
National Park Service in America – let's be candid here – does a pretty half-assed job of running many of the national parks.───咱们还是直说吧,美国国家公园管理局在管理众多国家公园方面做得相当不妥。 National Park Service guides lead visitors to the ruins.───公园管理局的导游带游客到...
:an area of special scenic, historical, or scientific importance set aside and maintained by a national government and in the U.S. by an act of Congress More from Merriam-Webster onnational park Britannica.com:Encyclopedia article aboutnational park ...
the symbol represents the three categories of parks—natural, historical, and recreational—that make up the work of the National Park Service. The fact that the design implies, as has been suggested, mountains, or fortifications, or tents, comes as a bonus to our original hopes for a ...
and memorials, preserved through the auspices of the War Department. PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltordered all military parks transfered to the Park Service, which received 15 national monuments, national capital parks, including theLincoln Memorialand White House, and nearly 40 historical areas in the...
During the spring and summer of 1996, faculty and graduate students from the American Studies Department of the George Washington University worked with four sites from the National Park Service to consider ways to expand and improve the historical content of interpretive programs currently in place....
only 12 national parks in the US (and those managed by the National Park Service) that have earned a UNESCO World Heritage Sites recognition. As with any other sites managed by the US National Park Service, it is also listed under the National Register of Historic Places in the year 1966....
War in the Pacific National Historical Park The War in the Pacific National Historical Park is located inGuam, a US overseas territory. It is a protected area within the Apra Harbor and was established in 1978. This unit of the national park service sites in Guam honors those who participated...
They have established over 100,000 national parks and protected areas for the enjoyment of people today and generations to come. The National Park Service in the United States manages a total of 401 “units,” as it calls them. These include national parks, historical sites, monuments, building...
national park n (Human Geography) an area of countryside for public use designated by a national government as being of notable scenic, environmental, or historical importance National Park n (Placename) a mountainous volcanic region in New Zealand, in the central North Island: ski resort Coll...