Happy Birthday, Everglades National Park!
On this day 61 years ago, President Harry Truman dedicated the new Everglades National Park at a ceremony held in Everglades City. The address was broadcast on national radio, and here is a part of it:
"Here are no lofty peaks seeking the sky, no mighty glaciers or rushing streams wearing away the uplifted land. Here is land, tranquil in its quiet beauty, serving not as the source of water but as the last receiver of it. To its natural abundance we owe the spectacular plant and animal life that distinguishes this place from all others in the country."
You can read the full text of his address here.
"Here are no lofty peaks seeking the sky, no mighty glaciers or rushing streams wearing away the uplifted land. Here is land, tranquil in its quiet beauty, serving not as the source of water but as the last receiver of it. To its natural abundance we owe the spectacular plant and animal life that distinguishes this place from all others in the country."
You can read the full text of his address here.
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