As former recipients of the National Park
Trust Bruce F. Vento Award, we want to extend an
invitation to you to support this year’s annual Award
Presentation and Luncheon on Thursday, June 8. This
year’s honored award winner is Senator John McCain.
The award, named after the late
Congressman Vento of Minnesota, honors men and women in
public service who have devoted a lifetime of
distinguished skills, resourcefulness or innovation to
the preservation of America’s land, water and historic
resources.
This year’s luncheon event is very
special. In addition to Senator McCain joining the
ranks of distinguished award winners, the Trust will
also be celebrating the 100th anniversary of
the American Antiquities Act of 1906. Signed into law
by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906, the Act
established the first general legal protection of
cultural and natural resources in the United States and
formed the foundation for today’s national system of
parklands.
Your generous support of the Luncheon
will benefit National Park Trust’s work to preserve and
protect America’s national system of parks, wildlife and
historic monuments, and will help to honor Senator
McCain who has long supported legislation to protect,
preserve and expand America’s national system of
parklands.
We are honored to be a part of an
organization so vital to the preservation of our
national parklands, and hope you will join us in
supporting this year’s annual awards presentation.
A member of the Luncheon Event Committee
will give you a call in the next week to answer any
questions you may have and to ask for your support.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Bob Graham Lowell Thomas,
Jr.
