Shenandoah National Park

All across the nation at this time of year people are starting out for their vacations in national and state parks. They will put up at roadside camps or pitch their tents under the stars, with an open fire to cook by, with the smell of the woods and the wind in the trees. They will forget the rush and the strain of all the other long weeks of the year, and for a short time at least, the days will be good for their bodies and good for their souls. Once more they will lay hold of the perspective that comes to men and women who every morning and every night can lift up their eyes to Mother Nature.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt, July 3, 1936, Shenandoah National Park dedication