Inauguration Junior Ranger Game: Presidents & Parks

Every four years in the United States, a president and vice president are elected and sworn into office. Let’s explore inauguration history and traditions! Visit the main Presidential Inauguration Junior Ranger Online Book for the full of list Junior Ranger activities. Here, let’s explore President Teddy Roosevelt's history with the National Park Service.

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During his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt preserved 230 million acres of land including five national parks.

This earned him the nickname "the conservation president!"

To commemorate President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, landscape architects in Washington D.C. transformed an island no longer used as farmland into Theodore Roosevelt Island. It is now the largest presidential memorial in the nation's capital!

Today, miles of trails through the island's woods and wetlands honor the 26th president. The entire island is a "living" memorial for Roosevelt's love of protecting and exploring nature.

Roosevelt is pictured here standing with preservatist John Muir in Yosemite Valley, California. This wilderness landscape was one of the many places Roosevelt and Muir both valued and felt should be protected for future generations.

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Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming

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Grand Canyon National Park - Bright Angel Trailhead, Arizona

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Lassen Volcanic National Park - Brokeoff Mountain and Lake Helen, California

NPS/Stuart Holmes

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Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

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