In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. all national parks across the country will offer free admission on Monday, January 16. It will be the first of 10 days in 2017 when national parks will waive entrance fees for everyone.
The National Park Service (NPS) urges everyone to visit a national park and see King’s childhood home, trace his footsteps at a civil-rights site or stand where he gave his most famous speech.
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Georgia; Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail in Alabama; and the National Mall and Memorial Parks are just a few of the NPS sites where visitors can pay tribute to the King Jr.’s life and legacy.
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