The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated on Labor Day, September 2, 1940. A crowd of 10,000 came to Newfound Gap to hear President Franklin D. Roosevelt speak. Five hundred members of the Civilian Conservation Corps were also on hand to direct and manage the crowd. A podium was set up on the North Carolina and Tennessee state lines, so that speakers stood with one foot in each state. The event was presided over by the Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes
This letter provides instructions to deal with parking during the dedication of the Great Smoky Moun...
This memorandum provides instructions to deal with visitors during the dedication of the Great Smoky...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in September 1936, t...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated on Labor Day, September 2, 1940. A crowd of 10...
This photograph is taken at the site of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedication. The park...
This photograph of a crowd of visitors attending the park dedication is by National Park Service eng...
This 2-page program describes the events at the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Par...
This photograph of the Department of the Interior seal on the podium of the park dedication is by Na...
This press release from the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service announces the e...
This invitation to the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was sent out on behalf ...
This photograph of Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes speaking at the park dedication is by Nati...
This photograph of Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper speaking at the park dedication is by National...
This photograph of North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey speaking at the park dedication is by Natio...
This photograph of invited guests at the park dedication is by National Park Service engineer, Rober...
This document, written in the summer of 1940, expresses the interest on behalf of President Franklin...
This letter provides instructions to deal with parking during the dedication of the Great Smoky Moun...
This memorandum provides instructions to deal with visitors during the dedication of the Great Smoky...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in September 1936, t...
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park was dedicated on Labor Day, September 2, 1940. A crowd of 10...
This photograph is taken at the site of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedication. The park...
This photograph of a crowd of visitors attending the park dedication is by National Park Service eng...
This 2-page program describes the events at the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Par...
This photograph of the Department of the Interior seal on the podium of the park dedication is by Na...
This press release from the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service announces the e...
This invitation to the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was sent out on behalf ...
This photograph of Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes speaking at the park dedication is by Nati...
This photograph of Tennessee Governor Prentice Cooper speaking at the park dedication is by National...
This photograph of North Carolina Governor Clyde R. Hoey speaking at the park dedication is by Natio...
This photograph of invited guests at the park dedication is by National Park Service engineer, Rober...
This document, written in the summer of 1940, expresses the interest on behalf of President Franklin...
This letter provides instructions to deal with parking during the dedication of the Great Smoky Moun...
This memorandum provides instructions to deal with visitors during the dedication of the Great Smoky...
President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in September 1936, t...