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Free
Entrance to All National Parks on January 19
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Commemorate
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a Visit to a Park
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 Washington,
DC – January 2015 / Newsmaker Alert / All national parks across the
country will waive their entrance fees on Monday, January 19 to commemorate
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
“We
honor Dr. King and the tremendous impact of his life and teachings on the
world,” said National Park Service Director
Jonathan B. Jarvis. “He moved hearts and minds through his words and actions.
And his vision continues to inspire us to make positive changes in our
communities.”
Visit
Dr. King’s birthplace, home, church, and grave at Martin
Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Georgia; walk in his footsteps
on the 54-mile long Selma to Montgomery
National Historic Trail in Alabama where he led the 1965 Voting Rights
March; and stand where he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, DC.
Other
national parks that commemorate the Civil Rights Movement include Little
Rock Central High School National Historic Site in Arkansas, Port
Chicago Naval Magazine National Monument in California, Brown
v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Kansas, Tuskegee
Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama, and the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC.
Several
national parks are among the sites nationwide that will sponsor Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day of Service volunteer events. Volunteers can help with
environmental or maintenance projects taking place at Valley
Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania, Homestead
National Monument of America in Nebraska, and Anacostia
Park in Washington, DC.
In
addition to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the National Park Service will
waive
entrance fees on eight other days in 2015 – February 14 to 16 (Presidents’
Day weekend), April 18 & 19 (opening weekend of National Park week),
August 25 (the National Park Service’s 99th birthday), September 26 (National
Public Lands Day), and November 11 (Veterans Day).
A variety
of park passes are
available for purchase online and in parks. There are also passes that
provide free admission for people with permanent disabilities and active
duty military members and their dependents. All the details can be found
here.
About
the National Park Service
More
than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America's 405 national
parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local
history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Visit us at
www.nps.gov,
on Facebook www.facebook.com/nationalparkservice,
Twitter www.twitter.com/natlparkservice,
and YouTube www.youtube.com/nationalparkservice.
Media
Contact:
National
Park Service
Kathy
Kupper
202-208-6843 |
