Nearly two dozen World Heritage Sites, which have been found by the United Nations Eduational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization to offer outstanding global value for their cultural and natural resources, can be found in the United States. And the National Park Service has just made it easier to locate them.
The Park Service's newest online travel itinerary page touches on the 22 World Heritage Sites located in the United States. On this site you can discover fun facts and interesting background information about sites across the country, from the Statue of Liberty National Monument to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, which have universal significance.
Most of the World Heritage Sites in the United States are administered by the National Park Service. They also are listed entirely or contain listings in the National Register of Historic Places, which is expanded and maintained by the National Park Service.
The World Heritage Sites in the United States itinerary is the 60th in the online Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary Series. The series supports historic preservation, promotes public awareness of history, and encourages people to visit historic places throughout the country. The National Park Service’s Heritage Education Services and its Office of International Affairs produced this itinerary in partnership with the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.
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Protecting some wilderness and natural ecosystems in this country does not send this country back to the dark ages, troll. Did I call to turn over silicon valley to a forest reserve? NO, I did not. Protecting some habitat around the world is important. Especially protecting habitats that provide clean drinking water, and cleans that air that we breath. Now get a clue for once.
What does that mean? We wouldn't let them into our Parks if the Parks weren't WHSs? How absurd is that. WHS designation is one of thousands of designations (governmental and private) for all sorts of "causes" that have been created that have no other purpose than to employ (and enrich) the sponsoring organization and its people.
No less than asking for fiscal responsibility and Constitutional integrity (the Tea Party agenda) will.
ec--As the Supreme Court has shown us over the years, Constitutional integrity is a matter of interpretation; it is not written in stone. As to fiscal responsibility, government shutdowns and failures to raise the debt limit don't demonstate much of that.
Rick
Rick, disagree with you on both counts. The Constitution IS written in stone. The fact the Supreme Ct has ignored its words in the past and chosen to "interpret" it in unintended ways does not make it right. Further, the answer to irresponsible spending isn't applying for a new credit card.
What about irresponsible trolling?
Agreed, Rick. The Constitution never spells out how it should be interpreted (for the obvious reason that if it did, that itself would be subject to interpretation, creating a hermeneutic circle)--hence, the allocation of "judicial review" to the Supremes. People may disagree about how the Constitution should be interpreted, but those disagreements are one of political philosophy--or ideology--which cannot be resolved within the framework of the Constitution itself.
Justin and Rick,
The founding fathers were quite clear in their intent as expressed in the words of the Constitution and in the Federalists and Anit-Federalist papers as well as other contemporary documents. They were also quite clear on the method for changing the Constitution if the public so desired. It was not their desire to write a loose document that was subject to the whims of government officials in the future. In fact, the entire purpose was just the opposite - to limit government to specificly identified powers. The progressive movement has been a complete perversion of those principles and our nation has suffered for it.