Find Your Park at Monocacy National Battlefield during National Park Week

Date: April 11, 2015
Contact: Tracy Evans, 301-662-3515

Explore history and nature at Monocacy National Battlefield during National Park Week April 18 - 26 to "Find Your Park!" Junior Ranger Day will be held on April 25 at the visitor center.

Monocacy National Battlefield joins national parks, programs and partners across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com Throughout the week there will be a display about the five National Parks located in Frederick County. Additionally we want to know what is special about the parks to you. Come find your park on our map at the visitor center and write why it is special to you!!

On Saturday, April 25, the park invites children to participate in Junior Ranger day. learn period style games, dress in Civil War period clothes, fall in ranks as soldiers, and learn about life during the Civil War with volunteers in period clothes.

For more information call 301-662-3515.

"Find Your Park" is the theme for this year's National park Week, April 18 - 26. Launched March 30 by the National Park Service and the National park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.

"Find Your Park" invites the public to see that a national park can be more than a place - it can be a feeling, a state of mind, or a sense of American pride. Beyond the vast landscapes, the campaign highlights historical, urban, and cultural parks, as well as the National Park Service programs that protect, preserve and share nature, culture, and history in communities nationwide.

Visit www.NationalParkWeek.org to learn more about how you can join parks, programs, and partners in celebrating National park Week across the country.