Author: Evan Nicole Brown / Source: Atlas Obscura
On Sunday, access to all 490 National Parks in the United States is free in honor of Veteran’s Day. This year, the federal holiday marks 100 years since the end of World War I was officially declared on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Several national park locations have strong ties to the holiday thanks to their American military history, from the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor to the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana.Yellowstone, the world’s first national park, was established in 1872, and called upon the U.S. Calvary to serve as the location’s first park rangers. Located in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, the 3,468.4 square miles that make up the wilderness recreation area boast a geothermal geyser that recently spewed decades-old trash and the remarkably colorful Grand Prismatic Spring.
Multiple parks have served as training grounds for troops over the years, so locations have both birthed and commemorated the ends of…
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