Grand Teton National Park entrance fees waived for Founder’s Day Celebration August 25

The National Park Service will celebrate the 101st anniversary of its founding on Friday, August 25 by waiving entrance fees.

All park visitor centers and information stations will host a birthday celebration and cake cutting at noon, and a special program with former park ranger Doug Leen will take place at 12:30 p.m. at the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center Auditorium in Moose.

During his program, “Lost Art Returns to Grand Teton National Park,” Leen will tell his story of discovering the Works Progress Administration’s iconic Grand Teton poster almost 50 years ago. The discovery of the poster, the first in a series of only 14 serigraphs printed between 1938 and 1941, led him on a 40-year search for other park posters. To date, he has located 42 surviving posters out of the 1,400 that were originally printed.

Visitors who plan to attend the program and would like to request accessibility-related accommodations can do so by calling 307-739-3399 or by email at grte_info@nps.gov.

All other national park units across the country will also waive fees on Friday.