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Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th anniversary celebration begins

Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th anniversary celebration begins

October 21, 2008 Anne Whisnant

(Originally posted to Virtual Blue Ridge’s Blue Ridge Parkway Blog, October 21, 2008)

I was pleased to be involved in the kickoff a couple of weeks ago for the celebration of the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary. While the official celebration won’t really happen until 2010, the two-state group working on the plans wanted to take note of the fact that the Parkway had its real beginnings 75 years ago this fall, when the project received initial approval for federal funding under the Public Works Administration.

I’ve written an article about the 75th kickoff event which I’ve posted over at National Parks Traveler, in hopes of bringing some national attention to our celebration. Meanwhile, for regular readers of this blog: if you pop over to National Parks Traveler, you’ll find a wealth of excellent information about all of our National Parks.


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