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Visiting national parks could change your thinking about patriotism

  • Written by Jennifer Ladino, Associate Professor of English, University of Idaho
Entry to Mount Rushmore along the Avenue of Flags.Xiao Fang/Wikimedia, CC BY

When I took a post-college job as a seasonal ranger at Grand Teton National Park 23 years ago, I noticed right away that my “Smokey Bear” hat carried some serious emotional baggage. As I later wrote in my book, “Reclaiming Nostalgia: Longing for Nature in...

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