Press Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Managers at Great Smoky Mountains National Park have announced that the Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) between Cherokee, NC and Gatlinburg, TN will be closed from sunset on Tuesday September 1 until late afternoon on Wednesday September 2. The closure will allow the park to conduct a 75th Anniversary Park Rededication Event at the Newfound Gap Parking Area on September 2.
The event will be reminiscent of the September 2, 1940 event at which President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stood at the same location on the Tennessee/North Carolina state line to dedicate the newly-developed national park. The park expects to host approximately 2,000 invited guests attend the event. The closure will enable the park to safely and effectively manage the event including traffic, transportation and security.
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