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A Half-Century of Service 
By Stewart L. Udall, 
Secretary of the Intertor 
In 1916, the National Park Service was organized to administer some 31 
national parks and monuments. Today 231 areas, encompassing some 27 
million acres of land, comprise the National Park System. This panorama of 
America offers the inspiration of scenic wonderlands, such as the Grand 
Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite and Big Bend National Parks; opportunities 
to see wildlife in a natural enviornment, to hike in unspoiled wilderness, 
to meditate upon the unseen powers of nature. 
Each area in the National Park System has its own story to tell. It 
is a Glacier National Park in Montana, a land of magnificent beauty and 
the home of the grizzly bear. It is the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde Na- 
tional Park and the story of how man has lived in America. It is the 
bursting surf and the rolling sands of Cape Cod National Seashore in 
Massachusetts. It is a brief moment before the Liberty Bell in Indepen- 
dence Hall in Philadelphia, or beneath the towering marble statue of 
Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in the Nation’s Capital. These 
are but a few of the highlights that have enriched and will continue to 
enrich the lives of young and old alike in this great nation. 
I ask my fellow Americans to join with me in saluting the National 
Park Service by using and enjoying the many facilities in the National 
Park System. In this way, we can acknowledge the wisdom of those who 
have gone before us and have set a pattern for preserving the rich and 
wonderful treasures found in the national parks and monuments. 
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