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With Praise for Our National Parks
Posted: May 21, 2016
Celebrating the National Park Service Centennial…
The Parks we know as National
are like a crown of gems.
A diadem of glory! But for who?
Yosemite and Yellowstone,
Grand Canyon, Mount Rainier
are treasures God bequeathed to me and you.
Death Valley and Denali,
Arches, Everglades and Bryce
are all members of a fam'ly we adore.
A President named Wilson
(some one hundred years ago)
established these great parks and many more.
There's Crater Lake, Saguaro,
Mesa Vertie and Big Bend,
Rocky Mountains, Mammoth Caves and North Cascades.
The Badlands, Zion, Grand Tetons,
Great Sand Dunes, Isle Royale.
My goodness, Uncle Sam, that some parade!
The NPS deserves our praise.
It's kept this legacy
protected and pristine (deprived of scars).
So on this anniversary
of parks we know and love,
let's celebrate this gift uniquely ours.
*See the National Park Service website for more information on the Centennial
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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