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We mark today's centennial of the National Park Service with a talk by historian Douglas Brinkley, who has written books about the two presidents he thinks have had the  biggest impact on conservation in America: Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR said, "there's nothing more American than the National Parks." 

Douglas Brinkley is author of "Rightful Heritage: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Land of America" and "The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America." He spoke May 3, 2016 at the Clinton School of Public Service in Arkansas.

We mark today's centennial of the National Park Service with a talk by historian Douglas Brinkley, who has written books about the two presidents he thinks have had the  biggest impact on conservation in America: Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt.  FDR said, "there's nothing more American than the National Parks."

Douglas Brinkley on the Roosevelts and the National Parks

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