Perched at the edge of sea grass flats where the turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay meet the dark and choppy Atlantic Ocean, the cluster of wooden shacks has no protection from killer storms. But when Irma’s clouds cleared in early September, Stiltsville emerged relatively intact, to the relief of the volunteers dedicated to maintaining this […]
National Park Service is 100 Years Old Today
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created in the Department of the Interior a service to be called the National Park Service… 100 years ago today the National Park Service was born. The new federal bureau took over the […]
Happy 96th Birthday To The National Park Service!
The National Park Service turns 96 years old today. Their official website invites everyone to visit any of the 397 national parks to help celebrate “the big day” with many locations offering special events. The National Park Service was signed into existance on August 25, 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson after a successful publicity campaign […]