National Park Week, 2017, 18545-18546 [2017-08071]

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 19, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 18545-18546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08071]



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Vol. 82

Wednesday,

No. 74

April 19, 2017

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 9592--National Park Week, 2017


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 74 / Wednesday, April 19, 2017 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9592 of April 14, 2017

                
National Park Week, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                This year we celebrate National Park Week as the 
                National Park Service begins its second century as a 
                critical guardian of America's Federal public lands. 
                During National Park Week, national parks across our 
                country waive their entrance fees and welcome all 
                explorers to experience, as past generations have, the 
                history and splendor of our Nation's treasures.

                The national park system started with a painting. In 
                1872, Thomas Moran painted The Grand Canyon of the 
                Yellowstone, presented it to the Congress, and 
                captivated countless Americans. Inspired by Moran's 
                beautiful illustration and western explorers' stories, 
                photographs, and sketches, the Congress and President 
                Ulysses S. Grant enacted the Yellowstone National Park 
                Protection Act. This law established Yellowstone as the 
                world's first national park and transformed how we 
                protect many of our Nation's landmarks.

                Forty years later, President Theodore Roosevelt, known 
                as the ``Conservation President,'' established Crater 
                Lake, Oregon, as our fifth national park. During his 
                presidency, Roosevelt doubled the number of national 
                parks, designating, in addition to Crater Lake: Wind 
                Cave, South Dakota; Sullys Hill, North Dakota; Mesa 
                Verde, Colorado; and Platt, Oklahoma. Given his 
                instrumental role in expanding our national park 
                system, it is fitting that his likeness endures at 
                Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

                Today, visitors from around the world travel to our 
                Nation's 59 national parks to climb snow-capped peaks, 
                splash under majestic falls, rappel into the deepest 
                canyons, and find peace in shaded forests. Our parks 
                routinely provide visitors with unforgettable, 
                sometimes life-changing experiences. From their 
                unsurpassed beauty to their unmatched physical 
                challenges, our parks capture the spirit of America's 
                pioneering history. They symbolize our ongoing 
                commitment to the preservation of our land and 
                wildlife, and they set the conservation standard for 
                the rest of the world.

                It is a priority of my Administration to protect these 
                magnificent lands, and to ensure all Americans have 
                access to our national parks, as well as to other 
                National Park Service sites, throughout the next 
                century. For this reason, I chose to donate the first 
                portion of my salary as President to the American 
                Battlefield Protection Program, which the National Park 
                Service uses to preserve significant American 
                battlefields. It is my hope that we will pass down 
                these natural and historic sites to our children and 
                grandchildren.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim April 15 through 
                April 23, 2017, as National Park Week. I encourage all 
                Americans to celebrate by visiting our national parks 
                and learning more about the natural, cultural, and 
                historical heritage that belongs to each and every 
                citizen of the United States of America.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                first.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2017-08071
Filed 4-18-17; 11:15 am]
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