National Parks

On July 15, 1934, the first stamp in the National Parks Series was issued, honoring Yosemite National Park.

Senator George W. Norris was born on July 11, 1861, in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. 

On July 8, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson created Sieur de Monts National Monument, which later became Acadia National Park.  The park is located on Maine’s Mount Desert Island, Isle Au Haut, on the Schoodic Peninsula.

On June 29, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park, the first American park created to “preserve the works of man.”

On March 2, 1899, William McKinley signed a bill establishing Mount Rainier National Park.

On October 15, 1966, the Wolf Trap Farm National Park for Performing Arts was established in Virginia.  It’s the only National Park dedicated exclusively to the performing arts.

On September 21, 1866, the 9th and 10th Cavalry units and the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st Infantry units (later consolidated as the 24th and 25th Infantry) were formed.  The units were comprised entirely of black soldiers – the first to serve in a peacetime army.  They would come to be known as Buffalo Soldiers.

On September 18, 1870, a group of explorers gave the Old Faithful geyser its name.

On July 14, 1932, the International Peace Garden was dedicated, representing the peaceful relationship between the United States and Canada.