White House: This Thursday, August 25, the National Park Service turns 100 years old.

[yallerdawg]

Email from Cheyenne: Find your park this week!

My name is Cheyenne and I am a rising 5th grader at an elementary school in Maryland.

This Thursday, August 25, the National Park Service turns 100 years old.

To celebrate this anniversary, all national parks will be free to visit from August 25 -- 28, and I wanted to tell you why I hope you will go to FindYourPark.com and plan a visit to some of these amazing places.

Parks are very important to me. When you go to parks, you are able to see just how beautiful and awesome the outdoors can be and how we must be good stewards of our planet.

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You too can find a park to visit -- just go to FindYourPark.com

I hope that everyone will join in the celebration of the National Park Service’s 100 years of existence and have the chance to get outside and explore the great outdoors!

Thank you!

Cheyenne

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. And, for us old folks: You can get a lifetime pass for only $10

that gets you into any of the parks that charge an entry fee.

[sarge43]

2. Hand salute to one of the best investments this nation ever made.

Thank you, NPS. Keeping America beautiful for a century.

[sheshe2]

3. Beautiful images at the link.

Thank you yallerdawg.