INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL PARK: Celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders at Indiana Dunes National Park's Paul H. Douglas Center on Saturday, Jan. 18, between 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.
The festivities start out at 1:00 pm, with the film, I Have a Dream. Then, join national park ranger, Steve Rodriquez, for a presentation at 2:00 pm on Dr. King and some of the national park sites across the nation that commemorate the struggle for African-American civil rights. Sites included in the program are Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (NHS), Chicago Portage Naval Magazine National Memorial, Brown vs. Board of Education NHS, Central High School NHS, and the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.
At 3:00 pm, there is an opportunity to help in the restoration of native habitats in the Indiana Dunes. Please volunteer your time to separate native grass seeds from the chaff and preparing wild indigo seeds for planting throughout the park this spring. This is an indoor volunteer job at the Dougas Center and no previous experience is required.
The Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education is located in the western portion of the national park at 100 North Lake Street, about one mile north of U.S. Highway 12 in the Miller neighborhood of Gary. For more information on this or other programs at Indiana Dunes National Park, call 219-395-1882 or visit our website at www.nps.gov/indu and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/IndianaDunesNPS.
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The Indiana Dunes National Park is one of 419 units of the National Park System ranging from Yellowstone to the Statue of Liberty. Located in Northwest Indiana, the park includes 15 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and over 15,000 acres of biodiverse beaches, woods, prairies, and marshes. Up to 3 million visitors come to the Indiana Dunes each year.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
