- February 3, 2009 - National Park Trust invites the public to attend an extraordinary evening event February 4th with Dayton Duncan, award winning writer and Executive Producer of the new Ken Burns documentary series, The National Parks: America's Best Idea to be aired on PBS this fall.

For the past six years, Duncan and renowned filmmaker Ken Burns have been working on the series stating that "it is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence...that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone...it is the story of people willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy." 

Duncan is the author of nine books and his articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and many other publications. He has been involved with the work of documentary filmmaker Ken Burns for many years. He was a consultant on Burns's award-winning series for public television on THE CIVIL WAR, BASEBALL and JAZZ. His most recent film with Burns is Horatio's Drive, about the first transcontinental automobile trip, which he also wrote and produced.

Proceeds from the event will benefit National Park Trust's important parkland preservation and youth education programs.

The National Park Trust is a nonprofit organization, and the nation's only organization dedicated to the completion, and the full appreciation, of the American system of National and State Parks through the identification of key land acquisition needs and opportunities, the convening of potential funders to acquire these lands, as well as increasing efforts to ensure that future generations appreciate and experience this national heritage.

The event will be held from 6-8 pm, February 4th at the Washington D.C. Naval Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. For tickets and additional information contact Jeannette Mendonca, Development Director, National Park Trust at jeannette@parktrust.org or call 301-279-7275, ext. 15. 

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The National Park Trust is a nonprofit 501c3 organization. NPT is the nation’s only organization dedicated to the completion, and the full appreciation, of the American system of National and State Parks through the identification of key land acquisition needs and opportunities, the convening of potential funders to acquire these lands, as well increasing efforts to ensure that future generations appreciate and experience this national heritage.

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