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Volunteer workday planned at Bluestone National Scenic River

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Grant will fund better bridges on Natchez Trace hiking trail

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In this July 4, 2014, file photo, fireworks illuminate the sky over the U.S. Capitol building and the Washington Monument during Fourth of July celebrations in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Beach Boys versus Sara Evans at July 4th rival TV concerts

By Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

Nonprofit helps fund projects at Death Valley, Great Basin

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This May 31, 2018, photo shows the first section of the 93-foot tall Tower of Voices wind chimes is in place at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. The final phase of the memorial is underway and on track to open on the 17th anniversary of plane's crash into a Pennsylvania field during 9/11. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Tower at Flight 93 memorial to open by 9/11 anniversary

By KRISTEN DE GROOT - Associated Press

Group behind Theodore Roosevelt library scraps 2-site plan

By BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press

Park foundation gives record $17 million

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This June 15, 2017 photo shows gymnast and Olympic gold medalist Dominique Dawes visiting the Frederick Douglass house in Washington, D.C., as an ambassador for the National Park Service. The National Park Service is marking its 101st birthday amid a &quot;Parks 101&quot; campaign enlisting celebrities, actors, athletes and others to help publicize sites that get less visitation than the big parks like Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. (Ryan Hallett/National Park Foundation via AP)

Celeb ambassadors help national parks mark 101st birthday

By BETH J. HARPAZ - Associated Press

Grand Teton park to receive $2M for Jenny Lake renovations

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Dominique Dawes of 1996 ‘Magnificent Seven’ gymnastics team advocates for National Parks, motherhood

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Jonathan Jarvis, director of the National Park Service, right, points out some items that are planned for improvement at the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, April 29, 2015, with David Rubenstein, left, a businessman and philanthropist whose gift of $5.37 million will go toward a newly announced restoration project at the memorial, the sculpture of which was inspired by the U.S. battle at Iwo Jima. The famous bronze U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial overlooking Washington that depicts Marines raising the American flag at Iwo Jima during World War II has begun turning green with age but now will be restored with a $5.37 million gift. Philanthropist David Rubenstein announced Wednesday that he will give the National Park Foundation the funds needed to wash, wax and restore the memorial and its plaza and landscaping. Improvements are also planned for the memorial's signage and access for handicapped visitors. The project will also restore the memorial's engravings to be much brighter. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Marine Corps Memorial to be restored after $5.4M donation

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press