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Our National Parks – America’s Best Idea!

Tomorrow evening, Wednesday September 23rd, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and the National Park Conservation Association (NPCA), will pay tribute to America’s national parks with an evening of musical performances, film clips and live presentations by director/co-producers Ken Burns, writer/co-producer Dayton Duncan, and several individuals who appear in the film: “Our National Parks: America’s Best Idea.”

The festivities will take place in Central Park (New York), and are open to the public at no cost (first come first-served).   Musical performances include Carole King, Eric Benet, Gavin DeGraw, Jose Feliciono and Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas and Peter Yarrow.

“Our National Parks: America’s Best Idea” is a 12 hour six-part documentary which will air on PBS begining on 27 September 2009.  The documentary tells the story of how and by whom the parks were formed, with the idea that everyone from every walk of life should be able to enjoy national wilderness.

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