In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service (NPS), Senator Jack Reed joined members of the NPS’s Junior Ranger program in presenting the NPS with a birthday cake at Roger Williams National Memorial in Providence. Senator Reed was accompanied by several children who were participating in the Junior Ranger program to celebrate the 100th birthday of NPS, whose mission is to preserve America's parks and historic sites around the country. National Park Rangers provided the attendees with brochures and additional information about the nation’s national parks, and also presented nature-related awards and centennial celebration items.
Senator Reed wrote the 2015 law which established the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park and included $927,000 in federal funding to help advance the park in this year in the Omnibus Appropriations bill.
