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The National Park Service has selected Kevin Young as the superintendent of George Washington Carver National Monument located in Diamond, Missouri. He will assume his new role at the monument later this summer.

Funded by the Great American Outdoors Act, the re-opening of the Black Maria represents the first public access since the mid-1980s, when the building was used to exhibit films. As part of the rehabilitation, new exhibits and interpretive panels were added.

Thomas Edison commemorating the Fourth of July is featured in a series of recently digitized home movies that provide a rare look into the personal life of the inventor and his family. Thomas Edison National Historical Park partnered with the Library of Congress to digitize footage that originally belonged to Edison's son Charles.

Thomas Edison National Historical Park announces the release of 2,400 historic Edison disc sound recordings, digitized and made available online in cooperation with the University of California, Santa Barbara Library Special Research Collections on their Discography of American Historical Recordings website at adp.library.ucsb.edu.

Explore five of the many national parks that capture the impact of American dreamers.

To honor and understand the lives of many of America’s greatest heroes, all it takes is a trip to a national park. A number of National Park Service sites honor influential people who made a difference and helped shape the American experience.