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| Everglades National Park Museum | | Harry S. Truman Dedicating Everglades National Park in Everglades City, December 6, 1947 |
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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
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