"To the free people of America"

"To the free people of America" (HMD6J)

Location: Gatlinburg, TN 37738 Logan County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 36.653', W 83° 25.578'

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"We meet today to dedicate the mountains, streams, and forests to the service of the American People."
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
September 2, 1940 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

The Rockefeller Memorial commemorates the efforts of those whose vision and resources helped establish this park. The memorial is named for the mother of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Rockefeller donated $5 million of the $12 million required to purchase most of the park's 520,000 acres. From this platform, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated Great Smoky Mountains National Park on September 2. 1940.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park was a grand experiment; never before had a National Park been created by buying private lands. But in the 1920s and 30s, the states of North Carolina and Tennessee, with the support of thousands of citizens across the country, purchased more than 6,000 tracts of land, then donated them to the federal government.
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HM NumberHMD6J
Placed ByGreat Smoky Mountains National Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 11:46am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 280232 N 3943501
Decimal Degrees35.61088333, -83.42630000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 36.653', W 83° 25.578'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 36' 39.18" N, 83° 25' 34.68" W
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Area Code(s)865
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2931-2977 Appalachian Trail, Gatlinburg TN 37738, US
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