The Empire Of Grandeur (1915-1919)

Season 1 Episode 3

Learn about the federal agency created to protect the parks.

In the early 20th century, America has a dozen national parks, but they are a haphazard patchwork of special places under the supervision of different federal agencies. The conservation movement, after failing to stop the Hetch Hetchy dam, pushes the government to establish one unified agency to oversee all the parks, leading to the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916.

AIR DATE 4/25/16

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About Ken Burns: The National Parks

Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature’s most spectacular locales, the film is a story of people from every conceivable background—rich and poor, soldiers and scientists, natives and newcomers—who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.

Broadcast Dates

#0 - Ken Burns: The National Parks |
Tuesday, Jun 3 at 7pm TPT 2
#0 - Ken Burns: The National Parks |
Thursday, Jun 5 at 1pm TPT 2
#0 - Ken Burns: The National Parks |
Friday, Jun 6 at 4:30am TPT 2
#0 - Ken Burns: The National Parks |
Saturday, Jun 7 at 6am TPT 2
#0 - Ken Burns: The National Parks |
Saturday, Jun 7 at 9:30pm TPT LIFE

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