Cumberland Gap National Park
Tuesday, January 30th, 2018
As 2017 ended, Cumberland Gap National Historical Park received a very special award, “Keeper of the Light Award.” The award was presented to park staff for the April 2016 “An American Memoir: From the Hearts of Our Ancestors….Into the Hands of Our Children.” Over 10,000 attended events associated with this signature National Park Service Centennial celebration. Through a series of related venues over the course of three days, visitors were exposed to the centuries-long Cumberland Gap story and engaged by telling their own stories as they sampled a variety of National Park Service experiences. The culminating event saw 2,500 students sworn in as Junior Rangers when the United States Mint launched the America the Beautiful quarter for Kentucky honoring Cumberland Gap.
Congratulations to our National Park!!
** Thanks to the Claiborne Progress for covering this story**