Subject: Celebrating National Parks Week
From: "The White House" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:18:30 -0500

The White House Your Daily Snapshot for
Thursday, April 26, 2012 

Celebrating National Parks Week

Did you know that there are nearly 400 national parks across our country? This week we celebrate all of them. From the Grand Canyon to Gettysburg, the Virgin Islands to the Hawaiian Volcanoes – each of our parks is a place to explore, learn and be active. And this week, they are all free!

  * Learn more about National Parks Week [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/22/celebrating-national-parks-week?utm_source=042612&utm_medium=topper&utm_campaign=daily ] 
  * Watch our video from the archives of the Obamas' visit to Yellowstone [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/23/archives-obamas-visit-yellowstone-national-park?utm_source=042612&utm_medium=topper&utm_campaign=daily ] 
  * Check out a behind-the-scenes photo gallery of the First Family visiting our National Parks [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/americas-first-tourists-first-family-visits-our-national-parks?utm_source=042612&utm_medium=topper&utm_campaign=daily ] 

The First Family in Acadia [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/americas-first-tourists-first-family-visits-our-national-parks?utm_source=042612&utm_medium=photo&utm_campaign=daily ]

"President Barack Obama and his family hike on Cadillac Mountain at Acadia National Park in Maine, July 16, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)"

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*12:30 PM:* Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney WhiteHouse.gov/live [ http://www.whitehouse.gov/live?utm_source=042612&utm_medium=live&utm_campaign=daily ] 

*3:00 PM:* The Vice President meets with Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Dr. Hussain Al-Shahristani of Iraq at the White House

*4:30 PM:* The President meets with the Vice President

*6:30 PM:* The Vice President attends an event for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee

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