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Video: Celebration of Pinnacles as a national park
Visitors came out in droves to celebrate Pinnacles upgrade from a national monument to a park on Feb. 11. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited the park from Washington, D.C. to speak on the momentous occasion. Hear from Mark Paxton, the interim executive director of the Pinnacles Partnership, and Timothy Babalis, a National Park Service, historian.
Dedicating Pinnacles as a park: Historic moment draws hundreds
Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar said the National Park Service is striving to become a place that is more inclusive and the redesignation ceremony Monday surely reflected that effort.
