Ken Burns: The National Parks DVD civilians and Organization

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Stuart took the ditch at a running leap

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The more dismal side of the Gettysburg campaign is covered: burials of Union and Confederate corpses

by Harold Holzer

Ken Burns: The National Parks DVD civilians and OrganizationAmerica's Best Idea The national parks spring from an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most precious portions of the land should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone, for all time. Here are the stories of those magnificent places and the unforgettable people who kept them from destruction stories of struggle and conflict, stirring adventure and enduring inspiration, set