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Detailed explanation-1: -The National Park Service turned 100 on August 25, 2016, and we celebrated throughout the year with our partners and visitors across the country.

Detailed explanation-2: -America’s National Park Service (NPS) observed its 100th Birthday on August 25, 2016. From Yosemite to Yellowstone, Chamizal to Chickasaw, and Gettysburg to the Grand Canyon, the parks managed by the National Park Service (NPS) shine across the United States of America.

Detailed explanation-3: -Canyoneers from around the world celebrated Grand Canyon National Park’s centennial anniversary with special events and programs at the park and throughout the state of Arizona.

Detailed explanation-4: -Now it’s on everyone’s bucket list. On Feb. 26, on a spot overlooking one of the country’s most majestic spectacles, visitors will gather to celebrate the Grand Canyon’s 100th anniversary as a national park.

Detailed explanation-5: -On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act creating the National Park Service, a new federal bureau in the Department of the Interior responsible for protecting the 35 national parks and monuments then managed by the department and those yet to be established.