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Hallowed Ground national parks generate $270M in tourism

Thirteen national parks within "The Journey Through Hallowed Ground" national heritage area -- from Gettysburg, Pa. to Monticello, Va. -- support 4,032 local jobs and attract nine million visitors annually, according to a Michigan State University study.

Tags: journey though hallowed ground, shenendoah, hank silverberg, civil war

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Local national parks included in massive federal grant

The federal government is going to spend 356,000 dollars to study a better tour bus operation for the National Mall. But that's just the start of the projects ahead for national parks.

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Quest to visit every national park ends in Va.

A dozen people have made Fort Monroe National Monument the last stop in their tour of all 397 facilities in the National Park System.

Tags: Fort Monroe National Monument, National Park Travelers Clu, National Park Service

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National Parks are free during MLK holiday weekend

Several National parks in the D.C. area will be free to get into between Jan. 14 and Jan. 16.

Tags: parks, Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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