SCRANTON, PA — Steamtown National Historic Site will commemorate the 107th birthday of the National Park Service from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 26 at Steamtown.
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SCRANTON, PA — Steamtown National Historic Site will commemorate the 107th birthday of the National Park Service from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 26 at Steamtown.
The celebration opens with a prayer and performance from the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania.
The day includes live music from artists including the Ole 97 Johnny Cash and June Carter Tribute Band, crafts, activities and feature community partners and National Park Service sites from the region.
Park programming will also be offered throughout the day, including short train rides, tours of Mattes Street Tower, “Ring of Fire” demonstrations, a handcar program with a park ranger, cab tours of the Canadian Pacific Railway No. 2317, demonstrations within the locomotive shop and a Junior Ranger scavenger hunt activity.
In addition to free admission, there will be no cost to ride Steamtown’s short train rides.
The park entrance is located at the intersection of Cliff Street and Lackawanna Avenue in downtown Scranton, 350 Cliff St.
General park information is available by calling 570/340-5203.
Learn more at www.nps.gov/stea/index.htm.
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