Women’s Rights National Historical Park to Show Episode Six of The National Parks in Winter Film Festival

Date: April 20, 2013
Contact: John Stoudt, 315.568.0024

Women's Rights National Historical Park concludes its second annual Winter Film Festival by showing Episode Six of the documentary film The National Parks on Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, 2013.

Episode Six of filmmaker Ken Burns' The National Parks: America's Best Idea, entitled "The Morning of Creation," spans the years 1945 - 1980. In this episode filmmaker Ken Burns focuses on the increasing demands placed on national parks after World War II as new efforts are created to preserve wildlife and natural areas. The series concludes with the creation of seven new national parks in Alaska which doubles the size of the national park system. The running time for Episode Three of The National Parks is 116 minutes.

Women's Rights National Historical Park commemorates and preserves the sites associated with the First Women's Rights Convention, held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York. "We are proud to be part of the National Park system, and we invite everyone to join us in enjoying Ken Burns' film about our national parks," said Superintendent Tammy Duchesne. "The Winter Film Festival is a fun way to learn about our national history," added Superintendent Duchesne.

All Winter Film Festival showings will occur at 12:00 Noon on Fridays and Saturdays at the Women's Rights National Historical Park Visitor Center, located at 136 Fall Street in Seneca Falls.All film showings are free of charge. The Winter Film Festival films are intended for a general audience. Visitors are encouraged to call if they are interested in a particular showing as film lengths vary.

For more information, please visit our website at www.nps.gov/wori or call [phone].Follow the park's social media sites for Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/womensrightsnps) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/WomensRightsNPS) to learn more about our upcoming programs. Learn about the park's latest activities by reading its most recent newsletter: https://www.nps.gov/wori/parknews/park-newspaper.htm.