This year, Hot Springs NP utilized Eastern National (the parent of America’s National Parks™) funds to reinstate its membership with the National Association of Interpretation (NAI). This grants the park’s interpretation team admittance to the annual NAI Conference. Interpreters made impactful connections and left inspired to enhance their park’s programming and museum exhibits. Donations also fueled the park’s successful BARK ranger program. During 2023’s BARK Ranger Day on Arlington Lawn, activity cards and certificates were printed and gifted to promote good behavior in pets (and their humans).
A “Dark and Bloody” Path of Resistance: The Chickamauga Cherokee
After the Seven Years War, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763, restricting colonists from encroaching on Native American lands west of Appalachia. The decree was largely ignored. Then, in 1774, a land speculator coerced the Cherokee to part with 20...
