On the recordSeptember 1, 1940
In this Park, we shall conserve these trees, the pine, the red-bud, the dogwood, the azalea, the rhododendron, the trout and the thrush for the happiness of the American people.
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presidency.ucsb.eduFDR: “In this Park, we shall conserve these trees, the pine, the red-bud, the dogwood, the azalea, the rhododendron, the trout…”
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Address at Dedication of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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