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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
THAT THE PAST SHALL LIVE... the history program of the National Park Service |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Parks play an important part in American Way of Life
A journey through time in the National Parks
Curious burial mounds of an ancient people
The long and bloody struggle for colonial power
Stirring days of the war for American Independence
A time of testing for the new republic
50 years of lusty growth and westward expansion
The building of a great and powerful nation is resumed
MISSION 66 a bold new program for the parks
To understand the past is to have faith in the future
Historical and arheological areas of the National Park System
PHOTOGRAPHS
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho
Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Balcony House, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.
Aerial View of Fort McHenry National Monument, Baltimore, Maryland
Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska
New Visitor Center at Yorktown, Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
Historic Beauregard House, Restored Under MISSION 66.
Now Serves as Visitor Center at Chalmette National Historical Park, Louisiana
Independence Hall, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania
The National Park Service, Department of the Interior, acknowledges with appreciation a generous donation from the Old Dominion Foundation which made possible the publication of this brochure as a public service.
TEXT BY:
John Shirley Hurst, National Park Service
Washington Staff, In Collaboration With
Dr. John A. Hussey, National Park Service
Regional Historian, Region Four Office,
San Francisco, California
ART AND DESIGN BY:
Creative Arts Studio, Inc., Washington, D. C.
LITHOGRAPHY BY:
National Litho. Co.
Grateful Acknowledgment Is Herewith Tendered To:
Don Watson, For Permission To Quote From "Indians of the Mesa Verde."
Freeman Tilden, For Permission To Quote Passages From "Interpreting Our
Heritage."
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