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Hot Springs National Park
Special Tours and Open House Tuesday, August 25 at Hot Springs National Park Visitor Center
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Date: August 10, 2009
In recognition of the National Park Service anniversary date of August 25, national park rangers will provide free guided tours along Bathhouse Row at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., highlighting the numerous renovations to the historic structures. Tours depart from the Hot Springs National Park Visitor Center front porch.
“Each year on Founder’s Day, August 25, the National Park Service celebrates our long history of preservation and stewardship. In keeping with this theme, we invite you to see the recent renovations at several of the bathhouses,” announced Park Superintendent Josie Fernandez.
The Friends of the Fordyce and Hot Springs National Park Inc. will serve light refreshments in the visitor center lobby at 11:00 a.m.
Founder’s Day, also known as the National Park Service anniversary day, is an annual nationwide event. On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation creating the National Park Service. The agency now administers over 390 sites across the country.
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Did You Know?
In 1892 U.S. Army Engineer Lt. Robert R. Stevens hired the noted Boston firm of Frederick Law Olmsted to create landscaping plans for Hot Springs Reservation, now Hot Springs National Park. Stevens rejected the firm’s plans in 1893, but some features were adopted and still survive today.
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Last Updated: August 10, 2009 at 16:07 EST |
