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How do National Parks help to protect the environment?
National parks contain forested areas that not only protect water sources, they also help stabilize the surrounding land. This can save lives and infr...
Did Rosa park marry?
In 1932, at 19, she married Raymond Parks, a self-educated man 10 years her senior who worked as a barber and was a long-time member of the National A...
Why were national parks made?
It was established in 1916 by an act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by U.S. Pres. Woodrow Wilson. The law stipulated that the new servi...