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Title Parkway Celebration Is Today
Date June 30, 1972
Description Celebration of National Parks Service Centennial and Blue Ridge Parkway Anniversary at Doughton Park to include performances by musicians and dancers, demonstrations by craftsmen, and storytelling. Governors of NC and VA, and the US Secretary of the Interior to speak.
Location Location Name: Doughton Park
Parkway Milepost: 241.0
Latitude: 36.40596
Longitude: -81.17425
Creator Organization Asheville Citizen Times
Tags Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Doughton Park (N.C.)
Hartzog, George
National Parks Centennial
National Park Service
Credit North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill