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| Above, the Colorado River is still carving into the Grand Canyon. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
For those who do not have a national park pass of any kind, are low income or just plain too cheap (only kidding) to pay an entrance fee to any of the national parks and sites, they're in luck.
Roadtrippers reported:
On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act into law, thereby establishing the National Park Service (NPS). To celebrate its 103rd birthday, the NPS is waiving entrance fees to all national park sites across the U.S. on August 25. It’s one of five fee-free days in 2019 (the two remaining ones are National Public Lands Day on September 18 and Veterans Day on November 11).
The National Park System includes 419 sites covering more than 85 million acres throughout the country. In addition to 61 national parks, it also includes national monuments, national historical parks, national seashores, and more. The newest national park was established in February of this year, with the upgrade of Indiana Dunes from national lakeshore to national park.
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