Park to Park Tour:
Parks & Patriotism
A venture through the National Parks to commemorate, explore, celebrate, and inspire
A series of National Parks roadtrips that will excite parents, kids, veterans, conservationists, animal protectors, historians, and park lovers
A chance to show love of county through love of Parks
The Park to Park Tour demonstrates for all Americans that exploring and protecting National Parks is an form of patriotism. We encourages American families to visit our public lands as a unique way to explore our history, celebrate our pride in country, and share our nation’s beauty with our children.
Park to Park Tour Featured on the American Legion TAL Podcast
Listen to Chris talking about the Park to Park Tour on the Tango Alpha Lima Podcast from The American Legion. Hear how protecting and visiting National Parks can be an act of patriotism and love of country.
Sharing Legacy through Parks
A combat-wounded veteran of the war in Afghanistan shares his military legacy and what he fought for overseas by introducing his daughters to our National Parks.
Veterans and military families have sacrificed so much for this country; they should also fight for our Parks.
From climate change to park funding to the preservation of public lands, the best way for true American patriots to show their love for the red, white, and blue is by visiting, advocating for, and sharing all the National Parks have to offer.
Inspired by a True Story
In 1920, AAA sponsored a band of automobile enthusiasts on a trip to 12 National Parks over 76 days to promote the “Good Roads” movement. The Park to Park Tour was established to celebrate the Centennial Anniversary of the 1920 National Park-to-Park Highway Tour. Over three summers (2021-23), we road tripped along the original route following by these explorers. We visited visited 23 Parks and spend more than 90 days on the road.
Today, the Park to Park Tour continues to visit additional Parks while Drawing of the sprit of advocacy demonstrated a century ago to advocate for the protection of all National Parks and public lands.
“I served my country in combat. As a veteran, I view America’s National Parks as a tangible representation of what I fought for. So, I want to share and experience them with my daughters.”
Every Kid Outdoors
Since 2015, the National Park Service’s Every Kid in a Park program—now Every Kid Outdoors—has welcomed fourth graders and their families into parks free of charge. The National Park-to-Park Tour will celebrate two “Every Kid Outdoors” Summers and inspire 4th graders across the country to lead their families into Parks.
Addressing Climate Change
The evidence of climate change is all too obvious in national parks. In many cases the impacts threaten the very existence of our preserved natural spaces. The National Park-to-Park Tour will do our part to bring attention to climate change-related issues that we encounter.
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