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Shenandoah National Park celebrates the 50th anniversary of its dedication in 1986. In his remarks at Big Meadows on July 3, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Shenandoah National Park “to this and to succeeding generations of Americans for the recreation and the re-creation which we find here.”
A major provision of the legislation which authorized the Park in 1926 was that the land could only be acquired through donation. The citizens of Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley in particular, campaigned to raise the money to purchase the necessary land. This effort was not without controversy or suffering, but through these heroic sacrifices and an appropriation by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Shenandoah National Park became a real’ y. The culmination of 10 years wo.R was the official establishment of the Park on December 26, 1935, when the land deeds were accepted by the Federal government.
In the past 50 years, this “gift” of the people of Virginia has become one of the most beautiful and popular national parks in the country. The forests and wildlife that had been depleted by a century of intensive use have been regenerated, making Shenandoah a truly recycled park.
Today, Shenandoah National Park includes about 195,000 acres of
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Temperatures are predicted to be average with precipitation above average. Expect moisture of some form on the 4th and 5th and again 912, and cool; 17-20 will be milder but with rain followed by 24-26, more rain and windy. We head into May with more showers the 29th and 30th.
Full Moon comes on the 24th at 7:46 a.m. and is called by some the Spring Moon.
Comet Halley is still with us. The first two weeks of the month should again bring better viewing than in March with a magnitude of 3.0-3.5, but our celestial visitor will fade rapidly as we approach May.
Arbor Day; The idea wras first suggested by Nebraska newspaper editor J. Sterling Morton, and was celebrated April 10, 1872. Today, Arbor Day is usually observed by most states the last Friday in April, this year the 25th. Communities across the land have different w'ays of observing the day, many planting trees and creating parks and other areas to be enjoyed by one and all.
Daylight Savings: Remember the old adage, Spring Forward, and set those clocks ahead early on the 27th
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