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I have this great poster of Abraham Lincoln. It was a gift from a high school history teacher named Michael. He sent it after listening to my first podcast, Presidential. And my favorite part is the sticky note he put on the back. He wrote, Fun fact. June, 1864. President Lincoln signs the Yosemite Valley Grant Act, protecting trees he had never seen. What wisdom did he have? What wisdom did he have? Lincoln's move to protect Yosemite's giant sequoias actually laid the groundwork for the entire national park system.
But generations after the national parks were first created, there's still so much we're trying to get right, so much more wisdom we need to gain. It's the kind of perspective you get after going on a really great field trip. Three, two, one. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh. Watch your legs, watch your legs. I got her. Oh my gosh. This is the Argoids. Now you know why we fight so hard.
Over the past year, I have traveled the country, visiting national parks, and meeting some of the people who care about their fate the most. What do you think is like the biggest threat you're worried about for Yosemite? Hard to get beyond climate change. When we went up to get sage a couple days ago, there was white people telling my mom that she couldn't pick anything. They're telling my Indian mother, and she goes, have you read your treaty lately?
I'm Lillian Cunningham with The Washington Post. This is my fourth podcast about American history. And this time, I am slogging through marshlands, trekking through deserts. Wow, oh my gosh, just cresting this dude. And going off the marked trail. You asked about my favorite trees. This is one of them. Follow me. This is a journey into the complicated past and uncertain future of America's most awe-inspiring places. That's a giant sequela. Oh my gosh. It's like a tree within a tree.
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