… was a great day for the National Park Service and, of course, us. On that date President Jimmy Carter signed Public Law 95-625, the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978. The bill authorized $1.2 billion for more than 100 parks, rivers and historic sites and trails.
Among the National Park Service units that associate this date with their authorization, enhancement or re-designation are:
- Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, Texas
- Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland
- Badlands National Park, South Dakota
- Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, Canada-Mexico
- Delaware National Scenic River, Pennsylvania-New Jersey-New York
- Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, Washington
- Edgar Allen Poe National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
- Iditarod National Historic Trail, Alaska
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Louisiana
- Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawaii
- Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, Missouri to Oregon
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Virginia
- Middle Delaware National Scenic River, Pennsylvania-New Jersey
- Missouri National Recreation River, Nebraska-South Dakota
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, Illinois to Utah
- New River Gorge National River, West Virginia
- Oregon National Historic Trail, Missouri to Oregon
- Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site, Texas
- New Jersey Pinelands National Preserve, New Jersey
- Pu’uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii
- Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River, Texas
- Saint Paul’s Church National Historic Site, New York
- San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Texas
- Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
- Thomas Stone National Historic Site, Maryland
- Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreation River, New York-Pennsylvania
- Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Massachusetts-Rhode Island