Following the World War II victory in Europe over Germany (but before the surrender of Japan) Gen. George S. Patton Jr., arrived at Los Angeles Municipal Airport (now Los Angeles International Airport) for a welcome home tour. Here, General Patton stands and waves during a victory procession on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. Fun fact: Patton grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of San Marino!
Blackfoot Piegan Native Americans in Northern Montana, ca. 1908. By this time, the Blackfeet Indians were living under the Treaty of 1896, which gives Blackfeet tribal members the right to hunt and fish in any portion of the Montana “Badger-Two Medicine” area, which is within the Lewis and Clark National Forest. America has kept very few of its promises to the original inhabitants so chances are good this didn’t go on for long … but, lordy, this is beautiful in color!
US President Theodore Roosevelt and naturalist John Muir on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, 1903. Earlier in the year, Roosevelt had written to Muir asking Muir to take him through the Yosemite. That’s how these two men ended up on a three-day camping trip that changed the American landscape… literally. Roosevelt returned to Washington so enthusiastic about conserving America’s forests and wilderness areas that he pushed Congress to pass laws to protect our natural resources, created the U.S. Forest Service, preserved national monuments, parks, and wildlife sanctuaries—and saved approximately 230 million acres of public land for all Americans for all time. That’s a very successful camping trip, John Muir. Thanks!
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