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 12 2 STA T .5038PUBLIC LA W 110 –4 5 6—DE C. 23 , 2008 PublicLaw1 1 0–456 110 thCongres s A n Act Topr o videf or a pro g ra m for c irc ul a t i n g q uarter dollar coin s t h at are em b lematic of a national par k or other national site in each S tate , the D istrict of C olumbia, and each territor y of the U nited States, and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘Ame r ica ’ s B ea u ti f u lN ati on al P ar k s Q uarter D ollar C oin Act of 20 0 8 ’’ .TI T LE I —NA TI O NAL S ITE QU A R TER D OLLARS SEC. 1 0 1. F IN D IN G S. The Con g ress finds as follo w s
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ellowstone National Park was established by an Act signed by President U lysses S . G rant on M arch 1 , 18 7 2, as the Nation’s first national p ark. (2) The summer and autumn of 18 9 0 saw the establishment of a number of national sites: (A) August 19: Chickamauga and Chattanooga estab - lished as national military parks in Georgia and Tennessee. (B) August 3 0: Antietam established as a national battlefield site in Maryland. (C) September 2 5
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q uoia National Park established in California. (D) September 27: R ock Creek Park established in the District of Columbia. ( E ) O ctober 1: General Grant National Park established in California (and subsequently incorporated in K ings Canyon National Park). ( F ) October 1: Yosemite National Park established in California. (3) Theodore Roose v elt was this nation’s 2 6 th President and is considered by many to be our ‘‘Conservationist Presi- dent’’. ( 4 ) As a frequent visitor to the W est, Theodore Roosevelt witnessed the virtual destruction of some big game species and the overgra z ing that destroyed the grasslands and with them the habitats for small mammals and songbirds and con- servation increasingly became one of his ma j or concerns. 31USC5 11 2note.Am e rica’sB ea u ti f u lN ational P ar k s Q uarter D ollar Coin Act of 2 0 0 8 . 31 USC 5101 note. Dec. 23 , 2008 [H . R. 6 18 4]

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