The U.S. National Park Service has roots in the democratic idea that natural beauty should be preserved for public enjoyment.
Green spaces and nature preserves have long existed, but the idea of protecting natural wonders for human enjoyment has American rootsHistorian Amanda Foreman searches the past for the origins of today’s world. Read previous columnsYellowstone, the world’s oldest national park, turned 150 this month.
The anniversary of its founding is a timely reminder that democracy isn’t just a political system but a way of life. The Transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau was one of the earliest Americans to link democratic values with national parks. Writing in 1858 he declared that having “renounced the king’s authority” over their land, Americans should use their hard-won freedom to create national preserves for “inspiration and our own true re-creation.
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