National Park Service creating 'living emblem' in DC

WASHINGTON (AP) ' The National Park Service is gathering more than 1,000 people on the National Mall to create a giant, living version of its emblem.The park service says that participants will use brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem Thursday. The first 1,000 people to arrive will get a T-shirt commemorating their participation and get to keep their umbrella.The park service says it will take an aerial photograph of the emblem and share it on the National Mall and Memorial Parks website and social media.The park service says its emblem contains elements symbolizing the major facets of the national park system. A Sequoia tree and bison represent vegetation and wildlife, mountains and water represent scenery and recreation and the arrowhead shape represents history and archaeology.Join the conversation about this story
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