FUTURE OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES.
 USUALLY, WHEN YOU SEE AN
EXHIBIT OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL
PARK, IT LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE
THIS.
IT TURNS OUT SOME OF THESE
GORGEOUS SHOTS WOULD NOT BE
POSSIBLE WITHOUT DOCUMENTS LIKE
THESE, SHOWING THE HISTORY OF
HOW PEOPLE PROTECTED YOSEMITE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN GO AND
CAMP AND TAKE BEAUTIFUL
PICTURES.
THERE IS AN IMPORTANT STORY TO
BE TOLD AND LESSONS TO BE TOLD
-- LEARNED.
>> THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS
BOTH A FAN -- THIS EXHIBIT TELLS
THE STORY OF THE EARLY
MANAGEMENT OF YOSEMITE.
LEADING TO WHAT WAS
UNPRECEDENTED PROTECTION FOR ITS
TIME.
THERE WAS ALREADY CONCERN THE
LAND WOULD BE EXPLOITED.
AN EARLY VISITOR EXPRESSED WHAT
MANY OF US FEEL TODAY.
SAYING, AND EXULTED SENSATION
SEEMED TO FILL MY BEING AND I
FOUND MY EYES WITH TEARS.
>> IT IS A STORY NOT JUST OF
NATURAL WONDER AND BEAUTY BUT
CONSERVATION.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
AT THIS KISS HE GOING BACK TO
THE TIMES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
AN EXAMPLE HOW CALIFORNIA HAS
CONSTANTLY LED THE WAY.
>> THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE
PAST.
IT SHOWS THE GRANDEUR OF WHAT
EVERYDAY PEOPLE CAN ACCOMPLISH.
>> ULTIMATELY, GOVERNMENT CAN
AND WILL ACT.
AND SOMETIMES ADVOCATE AND FIGHT
FOR IT.
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