Dear Friends,
Happy New Year!
Let me start out this year with a story some of you may not know. On January 3, 1975, Canaveral National Seashore was authorized by President Gerald R. Ford as a unit of the National Park Service. President Ford is the only United States President to serve as a National Park Ranger and he did so as a summer seasonal ranger at Yellowstone National Park in 1936. While his tenure was not long, he often said it was one of the greatest summers of his life. The official part of the story of Canaveral National Seashore goes something like this:
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that in order to preserve and protect the outstanding natural, scenic, scientific, ecologic, and historic values of certain lands, shoreline, and waters of the State of Florida, and to provide for public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of the same, there is hereby established the Canaveral National Seashore..."
As the Chief of Interpretation and Visitor Services and a National Park Service seashore employee, I am proud to have been a part of this story for over 30 years. It started with one of the greatest summers of my life.
Happy 50th Anniversary to Canaveral National Seashore.
See You at the Beach!
Laura Henning
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