Park dedication: press release

Park dedication: press release

Dedication to public use

Press releases

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Visits of state -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

This press release from the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service announces the events planned for the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 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 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.

United States. Department of the Interior

Park Management Records

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

1940-09-01

United States. National Park Service

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

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

10.5" x 8"(dimension)

4 pages(pages)

Great Smoky Mountains - A Park for America