# @nationalparktrust on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C-8WTzGuqyq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/22486822-nationalparktrust-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-08-21T19:01:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Trust (@nationalparktrust) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparktrust

## Caption

The National Park System has officially grown to 431 parks! 

On August 16, President Biden designated the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument, preserving the history of a racially-motivated riot in Abraham Lincoln's hometown of Springfield, Illinois. This new monument helps tell a more complete story of America, marking a key moment that helped spark the civil rights movement and the formation of the NAACP.

Read more - #LinkInBio

#NewParkSite #NPS #NationalParks #PresidentBiden #NationalMonument #Illinois #Springfield #NationalParkService

📸: Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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presidentbiden, illinois, nationalparks, nationalmonument, springfield, nationalparkservice, linkinbio, nps, newparksite

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