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National Parks: Ken Burns on why they were America’s best idea

For years, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns would tell people that the first national park he had been to was Yosemite National Park in California.

It wasn’t until 2003, when he and his partner Dayton Duncan were filming "The National Parks: America’s Best Idea" at Yosemite, that he realized he was wrong.

After three days of intense filming, he found himself restless and unable to sleep one night. It was then that he recalled a trip he had taken with his father in 1959 at age 6 from their home in Delaware to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.

Nancy Trejos, USA TODAY

Full Story: http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2016/04/14/ken-burns-national-parks-americas-best-idea/82499256/

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Today, American Prairie Reserve announces the establishment of the Ken Burns American Heritage Prize. http://www.matr.net/article-71271.html

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