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National Park Service

Interior Secretary Orders National Mall Efforts

The Secretary of the Interior has issued an order requiring preservation efforts for the National Mall aimed at protecting recent improvements.

2013/01/24

Park Service Says Boathouse Lease Dates To 1982

The National Park Service says a popular kayak-rental business in Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood has been operating on a month-to-month lease that hasn’t changed since 1982.

2012/12/28

Assateague Island Reopening After Storm

The National Park Service says it is partially re-opening Maryland’s Assateague Island National Seashore, which sustained some damage during Superstorm Sandy.

2012/11/02

Park Service To Plant New National Christmas Tree

The National Park Service says a new National Christmas Tree will be planted on the Ellipse near the White House this weekend.

2012/10/26

Maryland Woman Dies In Grand Canyon Accident

A Maryland woman has been killed in a traffic accident on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona.

2012/10/11

Workers Find Algae Invasion In National Mall Pool

The National Park Service is trying to remove a thick layer of green algae from the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial less than a month after a $34 million overhaul was completed.

2012/09/22

Battle Of North Point Celebrated At Former Battlefield Turned Elementary School

On this day, 1,998 years ago, the smoke cleared and Francis Scott Key saw the American flag was still flying at Ft. McHenry.

2012/09/14

Park Service Kicks Off Antietam Anniversary Events

The National Park Service is kicking off four days of events marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg.

2012/09/14

Park Service Giving $1.4M To Chesapeake Programs

The National Park Service says it is giving nearly $1.4 million to two dozen projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

2012/09/06

1 Year Later, MLK Memorial Inscription Unchanged

A year after the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened to visitors on the National Mall, the group behind the monument is still working with the National Park Service to change an inscription quoting the civil rights leader and is planning to bring new programs to the site.

2012/08/28

Study: Earthquake Damage To Monument Unlikely

A seismic assessment of the Washington Monument has concluded that it’s “extremely unlikely” another earthquake in the next two millennia will damage the monument any more than last year’s 5.8-magnitude quake.

2012/08/24

Chester, Sassafras Rivers Joining John Smith Trail

Kayakers will paddle down the Chester River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore to celebrate its addition to the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail.

2012/06/29

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