Posted by: Southsider2k12 May 21 2019, 09:56 AM
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/political-leaders-to-celebrate-new-indiana-dunes-national-park-in/article_a1b1fa78-abb8-52f6-af85-bd87cc7e0fd1.html?fbclid=IwAR2F1oxjFOu1e2-OI93fP3dPSwkPahapPocJRCHWlp4UxQywKK8sZRQlhlI#utm_source=nwitimes.com&utm_campaign=%2Femail-updates%2Ftrending&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_content=c4199e1ea3a64762e7ed5d2a0c857193ba688ebb
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Many of Indiana’s top political leaders will gather in The Region next week to celebrate the transformation of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore into a full-fledged national park.
Among regional and state officials expected to attend a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 28 are Congressman Pete Visclosky, D-Gary, Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, Gov. Eric Holcomb, R-Indiana, and Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson.
The ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. in the park’s Miller Woods section, according to the South Shore Convention and Visitor Authority.
It comes after President Donald Trump approved a House resolution in February making the 15,000-acre swath of lakefront America's 61st national park. Trump’s approval also made the land, which has been federally protected since 1966, Indiana’s first national park.