Park dedication: view of crowd

Park dedication: view of crowd

Dedication to public use

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated on Labor Day, September 2, 1940. A crowd of 10,000 came to Newfound Gap to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak. Five hundred members of the Civilian Conservation Corps were also on hand to direct and manage the crowd. A podium was set up on the North Carolina and Tennessee state lines, so that speakers stood with one foot in each state. The event was presided over by the Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes.

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Civilian Conservation Corps Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1940-09-02

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18998

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2014-02-10

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Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)

Newfound Gap (N.C. and Tenn.)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

3.5" x 2.5"(dimension)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America