Free Admission to National Parks

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The National Parks Service announced that admission to all National Parks will be free January 14 through 16 as a celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

As a reminder, the National Park Service will also waive admission fees on 14 other days in 2012: National Park Week (April 21 to 29), Get Outdoors Day (June 9), National Public Lands Day (September 29), and the weekend of Veterans Day (November 10 to 12).

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