Everglades National Park Museum
Harry S. Truman Dedicating Everglades National Park in Everglades City, December 6, 1947
Schedule of events to commemorate 60 years of Resource Stewardship and Visitor Enjoyment!
Saturday, December 1, 2007 Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center • Homestead, Florida
10:00 – 2:00PM Everglades Film Festival
1:00 – 3:00PM Reception, “Americas Best Idea Photography Exhibit of works by Stan Jorstad”
3:00 – 3:15PM Dedication of the Mud Lake Canal – National Historic Landmark
3:15 – 4:00PM A “Conversation with Superintendent Kimball & Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart”
4:00 – 4:30PM Final film of Everglades Film Festival
Sunday, December 2, 2007 Shark Valley and Homestead, Florida
10:00 and 12 Noon Shark Valley - Exhibits and talks on non-native plants and animals affecting the park.
11:00 and 1:00PM Ranger guided bicycle ride around Shark Valley loop
3:00 – 6:00PM A Cultural and Historical Perspective of Everglades National Park
The Sanctuary, Art South, 240 North Krome Avenue, Homestead, Florida Overviews of current work by cultural resource scholars: Margo Schwadron, Ryan J. Wheeler, Laura Ogden, Jessica Barrella, and Gregory W. Bush
Thursday, December 6, 2007 City Hall • Everglades City, Florida
Rededication of the Park, Family Film Event, and Photo Exhibit of Clyde Butcher’s Everglades Images
5:00 – 6:00PM Reception
6:00 – 6:30PM Welcome – Superintendent Kimball and Mayor Sammy Hamilton, Everglades City, Florida and Rededication of Everglades National Park
6:30 – 7:30PM “I was there when” – Discussion with Floridians present at the 1947 Dedication
7:30 – 9:00PM Family Film Event – 3 episodes of the 1960s television show, “Everglades!”
Saturday, December 8, 2007 Royal Palm Visitor Center
Everglades National Park 60th Birthday Party
1:00 – 1:30PM Welcome – Superintendent Kimball
History of the Establishment of Royal Palm State Park – the Nucleus of Everglades National Park – Meda Jensen, local historian
1:30 – 2:00PM Everglades National Park “Then, Now, and the Future” - Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett, U.S. Department of the Interior
Swearing in of new Junior Rangers
2:00 – 3:00PM Special Activities, Birthday Cake, and Refreshments
