GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK ESTABLISHED 80 YEARS AGO TODAY
Knoxville, Tennessee (JFK+50)Eighty years ago today, June 15, 1934, the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, located in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, was established.
Between 1924 and 1935, Colonel David Chapman, a druggist here in Knoxville, played a leading role in making the national park a reality.
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 150 YEARS AGO TODAY
Arlington, Virginia (JFK+50) 150 years ago today, June 15, 1864, 200 acres around the Custis-Lee Mansion here in Arlington were set aside as a national cemetery by order of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
The United States government purchased the site from the family of Confederate General Robert E. Lee for $26,800.
Arlington National Cemetery has hosted five state funerals in its' history:
President William Howard Taft
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Senator Robert Francis Kennedy
Senator Edward Moore Kennedy
General John J. Pershing
The gravesite of President John F. Kennedy, located just below the Custis-Lee Mansion, is the most visited in the cemetery.
Knoxville, Tennessee (JFK+50)Eighty years ago today, June 15, 1934, the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, located in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, was established.
Entrance to GSMNP
Cherokee, North Carolina
Photo by Billy Hathorn (2012)
Between 1924 and 1935, Colonel David Chapman, a druggist here in Knoxville, played a leading role in making the national park a reality.
Colonel David Chapman
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is the most visited national park in the United States. It was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clingman's Dome (1940)
The park, which today covers more than 522,000 acres of land, was the first national park which was paid for, in part, by federal funds.
There are about 80 historic structures, including homes, barns, churches, schools and mills, located in the park today.
Great Smoky Mountain
National Park
Photo by John White (2009)
John White
Cade's Cove
Photo by Beverly White (2009)
Arlington, Virginia (JFK+50) 150 years ago today, June 15, 1864, 200 acres around the Custis-Lee Mansion here in Arlington were set aside as a national cemetery by order of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
The United States government purchased the site from the family of Confederate General Robert E. Lee for $26,800.
Arlington National Cemetery has hosted five state funerals in its' history:
President William Howard Taft
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Senator Robert Francis Kennedy
Senator Edward Moore Kennedy
General John J. Pershing
The gravesite of President John F. Kennedy, located just below the Custis-Lee Mansion, is the most visited in the cemetery.
JFK Grave Marker
Arlington National Cemetery
Photo by Ingfbruno (2013)
