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Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Celebrate the Park's 75th Anniversary
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We have worked closely with our partners, Great Smoky Mountains Association and the Friends of the Smokies, and with our neighboring communities, to develop www.GreatSmokies75th.org as our "Virtual Visitor Center" for all the exciting opportunities surrounding the 75th Anniversary.
On this site you will find a rich and evolving variety of information on the park’s history, current issues, and future visions. Throughout 2008 and 2009 you’ll find information about a wide array of activities and events in the park as well as officially recognized events in all our many neighboring communities.
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Spring 2009
Employee and Alumni Reunion Event
(Former and present NPS employees, Great Smoky Mountains Association employees, park partners, volunteers, CCC workers and concessioners)
June 13-15, 2009
75th Anniversary Weekend Celebration
September 2, 2009
Rededication Ceremony
Contacts:
Nancy Gray
(865) 436-1208
Ann Froschauer
(865) 436-7318 ext. 349
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Did You Know?
The park’s high elevation heath balds are treeless expanses where dense thickets of shrubs such as mountain laurel, rhododendron, and sand myrtle grow. Known as “laurel slicks” and “hells” by early settlers, heath balds were most likely created by forest fires long ago.
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Last Updated: June 17, 2008 at 11:43 EST |
