https://www.nps.gov/carl News releases from Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. en-us https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-nhs-to-re-open-barn-on-january-22-2025.htm Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:38:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home NHS to Re-open Barn on January 22, 2025. The barn and access to the Connemara goats will be accessible to the public on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, as part of the phased re-opening at Carl Sandburg Home NHS. Videos, passport stamps, bark ranger information, and junior ranger booklets will be available in the garage near the Sandburg Home https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-nhs-to-re-open-barn-on-january-22-2025.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-partially-opens-trails.htm Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:58:00 EST The hikers’ lot with access to most grounds and trails will be available on December 23, 2024 as part of a phased re-opening at Carl Sandburg Home NHS. Videos, passport stamps, bark ranger information, and junior ranger booklets will be available in the garage near the Sandburg Home. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-partially-opens-trails.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/progress-of-carl-sandburg-home-nhs-clean-up-efforts.htm Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:39:00 EST Efforts continue to safely reopen Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site after the impact of Hurricane Helene. While many positive steps have been taken, there is much work left to do before the park can safely reopen to the public. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/progress-of-carl-sandburg-home-nhs-clean-up-efforts.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/hurricane-helene-damage-assessment-and-closures.htm Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:18:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site remains closed due to impacts from Hurricane Helene. The closure includes all trails, park grounds, and facilities. The park will re-open once damage assessments have been made and the park is deemed safe for visitation. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/hurricane-helene-damage-assessment-and-closures.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/front-lake-dam-repair-money-approved.htm Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:38:00 EST The National Park Service has approved over a million dollars for Front Lake dam repairs at Carl Sandburg Home NHS. Funds will be available after October 1, 2024, which is the start of the new federal fiscal year. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/front-lake-dam-repair-money-approved.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/2024-rootabaga-express-summer-plays-open-at-carl-sandburg-home-nhs.htm Thu, 06 Jun 2024 07:20:00 EST From June 13 through July 27, free summer children’s plays return on Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:15 a.m. Apprentice actors from the Flat Rock Playhouse Vagabond School of the Drama will perform “Rootabaga Express!,” a musical adaptation of Carl Sandburg’s children’s books, Rootabaga Stories. There will be no plays on July 4 and July 7. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/2024-rootabaga-express-summer-plays-open-at-carl-sandburg-home-nhs.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sandburg-music-festival-offers-mountain-and-blues-music-and-square-dancing.htm Fri, 24 May 2024 10:08:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site celebrates the annual Sandburg Music Festival on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 10am to 3pm. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sandburg-music-festival-offers-mountain-and-blues-music-and-square-dancing.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/hazard-fuel-break-cyclic-maintenance-to-occur.htm Tue, 05 Mar 2024 06:54:00 EST A hazard fuel break at the park boundary requires cyclic maintenance to control regrowth of vegetation. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/hazard-fuel-break-cyclic-maintenance-to-occur.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/newsreleasedecember.htm Wed, 29 Nov 2023 06:31:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will celebrate “Christmas at Connemara” with free programs on the first three Saturdays of December, from 10am to 1pm. Programs will take place in the House Garage, next to the Sandburg Home. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/newsreleasedecember.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/news-release-november.htm Tue, 28 Nov 2023 05:33:00 EST On Tuesday, November 28, 2023, the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara, local partners, and park staff held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the Friends’ donation of an accessible visitor shuttle. The shuttle improves ongoing efforts to provide visitor access, which was impacted by the August 2022 failure of historic Front Lake dam. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/news-release-november.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-nhs-celebrates-55-years-with-music-and-free-tours.htm Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:49:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will offer free, special programs on the weekend of Oct. 14 and 15, to celebrate the park’s 55th anniversary. On October 14 and 15, tours of the Sandburg Home will be free. On October 15, The Gathering Dark will present the music program, “Sandburg’s Songbag” at the amphitheater. The park was authorized on October 17, 1968. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-nhs-celebrates-55-years-with-music-and-free-tours.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/juneteenth-freedom-festival.htm Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:35:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will host its first Juneteenth Freedom Festival on Sunday, June 11, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., in cooperation with the Black History Collective of Henderson County. The event will be held at the amphitheater and feature poetry, music, and art demonstrations. A shuttle will transport people from the Main parking lot to the amphitheater, which has bench seating. Visitors are also welcome to bring lawn chairs. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/juneteenth-freedom-festival.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sandburg-music-fest-2023.htm Thu, 25 May 2023 10:18:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will host the annual Carl Sandburg Music Festival on Saturday, June 3, 2023. This free festival offers live music performances between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the amphitheater and barnyard areas. Seating is available, and visitors are welcome to bring their own lawn chairs. Due to expected large crowds, pets will not be allowed at performances. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sandburg-music-fest-2023.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/shuttle-service-sept-oct-2022.htm Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:23:00 EST Due to the Front Lake bridge closure, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will offer shuttle service on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from Friday, September 2 – Sunday, October 30, 2022. The free shuttle will transport visitors from the main parking lot, on Little River Road, to the Sandburg Home and goat farm. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/shuttle-service-sept-oct-2022.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/2021-economic-benefit.htm Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:52:00 EST A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 47,846 visitors to Carl Sandburg Home NHS in 2021 spent $3.1 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 44 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $4.1 million. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/2021-economic-benefit.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/2022-summer-programs.htm Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:04:00 EST Summer plays and sing-alongs will be offered at Carl Sandburg Home NHS starting in June. Apprentice actors from the Flat Rock Playhouse Vagabond School of the Drama will share performances of Rootabaga Express!, and sing-alongs will be led by Carol Rifkin and Wayne Erbsen at the amphitheater. Additional Sandburg Home tour days will be offered, with tours available Thursday through Sunday starting June 16. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/2022-summer-programs.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/online-tour-reservations.htm Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:59:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will resume online house tour ticket reservations via recreation.gov, on Saturday, April 16. Visitors will be able to make online reservations up to 60 days in advance. Any tickets not sold in advance via recreation.gov will be available to walk-in visitors on a day-of-tour, first come, first served basis. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/online-tour-reservations.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/october2021events.htm Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:09:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will offer special programs during the park’s anniversary month in October. Authorized on October 17, 1968, the park celebrates 53 years this fall. A Community Poetry Reading will be held at the amphitheater on October 17, followed by a Sing-along. A virtual writing workshop will be hosted via Zoom on October 20. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/october2021events.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sing-alongs-2021.htm Mon, 02 Aug 2021 08:35:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will offer monthly Sandburg Sing-alongs beginning in August. The Sing-alongs celebrate the Sandburg family’s love of music and singing. Musicians will lead the audience in familiar songs, with lyrics provided. Sing-alongs will be held in the park’s amphitheater and are free and open to the public.  https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sing-alongs-2021.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/outdoor-access-to-dairy-goats.htm Mon, 26 Jul 2021 09:20:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home NHS will increase outdoor access to the dairy goat barnyard and pasture beginning July 30. Hours of outdoor access to the barnyard and pastures will be 10 am - 3 pm daily, with a capacity limit of 40 visitors. Staff and volunteers will be available to answer questions about the park and Sandburg family. To reduce crowding around the goats, visitors are asked to maintain social distancing from other groups visiting at the same time. The park cares for 20 goats and the entire herd looks forward to seeing visitors again. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/outdoor-access-to-dairy-goats.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/boxwood-blight.htm Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:49:00 EST Boxwood blight has been discovered in 150-year-old boxwoods at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. Staff will begin removal of the affected boxwoods on Friday, March 19. Staff will wear protective clothing and the plants will be bagged and removed to prevent spread of the blight to other boxwoods. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/boxwood-blight.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-nhs-is-adding-ranger-programs-to-celebrate-park-anniversary-in-october.htm Thu, 08 Oct 2020 07:19:00 EST Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Carl Sandburg Home NHS will offer outdoor ranger-led programs on Saturdays during October. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-nhs-is-adding-ranger-programs-to-celebrate-park-anniversary-in-october.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/bark-ranger-pawtnership-promotes-trail-safety.htm Mon, 31 Aug 2020 06:25:00 EST The Blue Ridge Humane Society and Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site are partnering to launch a B.A.R.K. Ranger Program at Sandburg, as part of continuing shared efforts to promote dog and human safety on local trails. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/bark-ranger-pawtnership-promotes-trail-safety.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/visitor-information-and-park-store-opening-on-august-28.htm Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:42:00 EST Beginning Friday, August 28, and continuing through Sunday, November 1, 2020, Carl Sandburg Home NHS will add visitor information and park store services on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, in a tent outside the Sandburg Home garage. Staff will answer questions and help visitors plan their visit. Visitors will also be able to purchase items from the park store, participate in the Jr. Ranger program, and more. After November 1, as the park shifts into winter operations, hours will vary based on weather and staffing. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/visitor-information-and-park-store-opening-on-august-28.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/wir-workshops.htm Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:06:00 EST The 2020 Carl Sandburg Writer-in-Residence, Anthony “Tony” Robles, will offer three free virtual writing workshops, on August 16, 30, and September 13, each with a unique theme. The free workshops are hosted by the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara and will use Zoom for the virtual connection. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/wir-workshops.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/economic-benefit-2019.htm Tue, 16 Jun 2020 11:56:00 EST A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 78,000 visitors to Carl Sandburg Home NHS in 2019 spent $4.6 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 68 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $5.8 million. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/economic-benefit-2019.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-increase-access.htm Wed, 27 May 2020 12:49:00 EST Following guidance from the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local public health authorities, Carl Sandburg Home NHS is increasing recreational access on Monday, June 1, 2020. The National Park Service (NPS) is working servicewide with federal, state, and local public health authorities to closely monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and is using a phased approach to increase access on a park-by-park basis. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-increase-access.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/environmental-achievement-award-2019.htm Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:22:00 EST The National Park Service has awarded Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site with the 2019 Environmental Achievement Award for exceptional accomplishments in sustainability. This award recognizes the park for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, lowering energy consumption for utilities, and leaving an overall smaller carbon footprint. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/environmental-achievement-award-2019.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/cancelfolkfest.htm Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:27:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is announcing additional modifications to operations. The 2020 Folk Music Festival, scheduled for May 25, has been cancelled. Additionally, the 2020 summer season of Sandburg Home plays presented in the park by the Flat Rock Playhouse Apprentices has been cancelled. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/cancelfolkfest.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/news-release-pavement-repair.htm Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:43:00 EST Pavement repair work on paved surfaces at Carl Sandburg Home NHS will begin on Tuesday, April 14. This work includes the main visitor parking lot, historic road leading up to the Sandburg Home, and park headquarters parking lots. The purpose of the project is to preserve park roads and parking areas by adding a thin overlay, chip seal, or micro surface. This type of work provides an economical and efficient means to maintain roads and extend their useful life. The project is in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/news-release-pavement-repair.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/park-closed-covid-19.htm Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:44:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home NHS is announcing additional modifications to operations. To support the “stay at home” order from Henderson County, Carl Sandburg Home NHS will completely close beginning March 28, to all park visitors, until further notice. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/park-closed-covid-19.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/park-restrooms-closed.htm Tue, 24 Mar 2020 06:08:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is announcing additional modifications to its operations, in support of federal, state, and local efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. As of March 24, 2020, all public restrooms in the park are closed. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/park-restrooms-closed.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/roof-replacement.htm Fri, 20 Mar 2020 10:59:00 EST A Sandburg Home roof replacement project is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 23. While work is taking place, the entire area surrounding the home will be closed to visitors. Visitors should pay attention to signs and barriers and stay out of closed areas. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/roof-replacement.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sandburg-home-and-barn-temporarily-closed-beginning-tuesday-march-17.htm Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:39:00 EST Following guidance from the CDC and recommendations from state and local public health, and in consultation with NPS Public Health Service officers, Carl Sandburg Home NHS will temporarily close the Sandburg Home and Barn area beginning Tuesday, March 17. This includes Sandburg Home tours, the park store, access to the goats and farm animals, all special events, all volunteer shifts, and in-park and off-site programs. Park grounds (except for the barn area), trails, and restrooms will remain open. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sandburg-home-and-barn-temporarily-closed-beginning-tuesday-march-17.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/nr-bark-ranger.htm Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:46:00 EST On Saturday, March 28, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site and the Blue Ridge Humane Society will co-host Sandburg’s first “BARK Ranger Day.” Via short training sessions led by a certified dog trainer, visitors and their leashed dogs will learn ways to safely explore park trails. Upon completion of one training session, participants will be sworn in as "BARK Rangers” and receive an official Carl Sandburg Home “BARK Ranger” dog tag. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/nr-bark-ranger.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-launches-read-to-a-goat-for-national-reading-month-in-march.htm Mon, 24 Feb 2020 10:35:00 EST During National Reading Month in March, visitors to Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site can “Read to a Goat.” The program will be offered in the barn yard with books available for a wide range of reading levels. Visitors are invited to find a comfortable spot on a bench in the yard or in the pasture near the goats and practice early reading skills or simply enjoy reading aloud to the goat audience. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-launches-read-to-a-goat-for-national-reading-month-in-march.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/christmas-at-connemara.htm Thu, 14 Nov 2019 03:48:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will celebrate “Christmas at Connemara” with storytelling, music, crafts, warm cider, and cookies, on Saturday, November 30, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/christmas-at-connemara.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-national-historic-site-announces-free-tour-days-for-2020.htm Fri, 08 Nov 2019 07:11:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site and the National Park Service will offer visitors an opportunity to visit all national parks fee-free and tour the Sandburg Home for free in 2020. On each of the following significant days of celebration or commemoration, all national parks will waive entrance fees, including house tour fees at the Sandburg Home. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/carl-sandburg-home-national-historic-site-announces-free-tour-days-for-2020.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/51st-anniversary-events.htm Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:45:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will offer two special programs during the park’s anniversary week in October. The park was authorized on October 17, 1968, and celebrates 51 years this fall. On October 15, The Gathering Dark will present the music program, “Dylan at Connemara.” On October 19, a community reading of Carl Sandburg’s “The Complete Poems,” will be held at the amphitheater. Both of these programs are free and open to the public. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/51st-anniversary-events.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/tour-changes.htm Tue, 03 Sep 2019 08:02:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will implement changes to Sandburg Home tours beginning on October 1, 2019. The changes include an increase in the cost of tour tickets; a reduction in tour size from 15 people to 12; and implementation of an online reservation system. To address concerns re: increased tour costs for families, the park will add 5 additional free tour days annually. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/tour-changes.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/bell-ringing.htm Fri, 23 Aug 2019 07:15:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site and St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church in Flat Rock, NC, will join national parks and communities across the nation to commemorate the first landing of enslaved Africans 400 years ago in English-occupied North America at Virginia’s Point Comfort, now part of Fort Monroe National Monument. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/bell-ringing.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/comment-period-extended.htm Thu, 18 Jul 2019 12:23:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site has extended the public comment period for proposed house tour fee increases through August 17, 2019. The extended comment period is related to the new online reservation system, recreation.gov. Use of recreation.gov requires a $1 online processing fee for every ticket reserved online. This means children’s tickets, reserved online, will incur a $1 online processing fee. However, in-person, day-of, walk-up child tickets will remain completely free of charge. The park learned of the $1 online processing fee for free child tickets after the initial comment period began on July 1, and extended the deadline to allow time for additional comments. A public meeting will be held at the park on Saturday, July 20, from 9:30-10:30 am. This meeting will be held in the park amphitheater. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/comment-period-extended.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/pr-chicago-race-riots.htm Wed, 03 Jul 2019 10:26:00 EST Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Chicago Race Riot with an event on Saturday, August 3, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm, at the Henderson County Main Library. The park has invited Claire Hartfield, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author, to read from her most recent book, A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919. Hartfield is a nationally recognized author and education leader. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/pr-chicago-race-riots.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/proposed-house-tour-fees.htm Mon, 24 Jun 2019 05:35:00 EST The National Park Service is seeking public comments for proposed increases to house tour fees at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site. The increases will be the first since 2004. A 30-day public comment period regarding the proposed increases opens on July 1, 2019 and a public meeting will be held on July 17, from 5:00–7:00 pm at the Village of Flat Rock Meeting Room, 110 Village Center Drive, Flat Rock, NC. If approved, the new house tour fee structure would begin on October 1, 2019. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/proposed-house-tour-fees.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/2018-economic-benefit.htm Fri, 24 May 2019 06:18:00 EST A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that in 2018, 72,048 visitors to Carl Sandburg Home NHS in 2018 spent $4.3 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 62 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $5,346,000. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/2018-economic-benefit.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sandburg-home-celebrates-national-poetry-month.htm Fri, 29 Mar 2019 13:01:00 EST April is National Poetry Month. Carl Sandburg Home NHS will offer a variety of ways to celebrate and enjoy the art of poetry, including an art exhibit, a celebration of local and national student poetry contest winners, and a community reading of “The People, Yes.” https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/sandburg-home-celebrates-national-poetry-month.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/50th-news.htm Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:07:00 EST On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will celebrate its 50th anniversary with poetry, music, house and museum tours, outdoor activities, birthday cake, and a formal ceremony commemorating Sandburg’s legacy. The public is invited to join in this special celebration. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/50th-news.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/park-closing-due-to-potential-impact-from-hurricane-florence.htm Fri, 14 Sep 2018 05:50:00 EST Due to Hurricane Florence, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will be closed to the public beginning at 4pm Friday, September 14, 2018. Entrance gates will be locked at that time. Park managers will monitor conditions and the park will re-open when it is safe to do so. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/park-closing-due-to-potential-impact-from-hurricane-florence.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/naturalization-ceremony-2018.htm Mon, 10 Sep 2018 10:32:00 EST Twenty candidates will become new citizens during a ceremony at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site on Tuesday, September 18 at 10:00 a.m. The ceremony will take place at the park’s new amphitheater, near the main visitor parking lot. The public is invited and welcome to observe this moving experience. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/naturalization-ceremony-2018.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/construction-to-begin-on-new-hikers-parking-lot.htm Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:19:00 EST By September 4, work will begin on a small gravel “hikers” parking lot near the park’s administrative offices. Work will occur on weekdays and occasional Saturdays and be completed in October, in time for the fall hiking season. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/construction-to-begin-on-new-hikers-parking-lot.htm https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/new-superintendent-announced.htm Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:09:00 EST National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Regional Director Stan Austin announced the selection of Pauline “Polly” Angelakis as superintendent of North Carolina’s Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, effective May 13. https://www.nps.gov/carl/learn/news/new-superintendent-announced.htm