• Council House Front Door

    Mary McLeod Bethune Council House

    National Historic Site DC

Be A Junior Ranger

The Junior Ranger programs began in the parks in the late 60's based upon a model observed in the California State Park System. The program is offered all over the National Park System today. The intention of the program is to introduce youth between the ages of 8–12, to the national parks.

Did You Know?

Mary McLeod Bethune, W.E.B. DuBois, and Walter White in San Francisco.

On April 25, 1945, W.E.B. DuBois, eminent sociologist at Atlanta University, Walter White of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and Mary McLeod Bethune were sent to San Francisco by President Harry S Truman as consultants to the organizing meeting of the United Nations.