National Park Service creates 'living emblem' in DC
Posted August 25, 2016 7:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 1,000 people using brown, green and white umbrellas have created a giant living version of the National Park Service emblem to celebrate the agency's 100th anniversary.
The Park Service took an aerial photograph of Thursday's gathering. The first 1,000 people to arrive received a T-shirt commemorating their participation and were allowed to keep their umbrella.
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.
This photo provided by the National Park Service shows people on the National Mall in Washington, looking toward the World War II Memorial and Lincoln Memorial, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, creating a giant, living version of the National Park Service emblem. Participants used brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem. (Tim Ervin/National Park Service via AP)
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Participants assemble into a living version of the National Park Service's iconic Arrowhead emblem, near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. More than 1,000 participants used brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem and posed for a group photo that was being taken from a helicopter hovering overhead. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Randle Highlands Elementary School fourth graders, center, from left, Zaria Russell, Zani La McElwain, and Kelsi Williams raise their umbrella while assembling into a living version of the National Park Service's iconic Arrowhead emblem, near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. More than 1,000 participants used brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem during an event that took place on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service. They also posed for a group photo that was being taken from a helicopter hovering overhead. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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People assemble for a living version of the National Park Service's iconic Arrowhead emblem, near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. More than 1,000 participants used brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem during an event that took place on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service. They also posed for a group photo that was being taken from a helicopter hovering overhead. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Ryan Anders, 5, left, is lifted up by his father Rob Anders while assembling into a living version of the National Park Service's iconic Arrowhead emblem, near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. More than 1,000 participants used brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem during an event that took place on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service. They also posed for a group photo that was being taken from a helicopter hovering overhead. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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People wait before assembling into a living version of the National Park Service's iconic Arrowhead emblem, near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. More than 1,000 participants used brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem during an event that took place on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service. They also posed for a group photo that was being taken from a helicopter hovering overhead. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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A Park Service volunteer helps direct participants at they begin to assemble into a living version of the National Park Service's iconic Arrowhead emblem, near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. More than 1,000 participants used brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem during an event that took place on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service. They also posed for a group photo that was being taken from a helicopter hovering overhead. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Melissa Chin, poses for a photo with Washington Nationals Mascots George and Teddy, before assembling for a living version of the National Park Service's iconic Arrowhead emblem, near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. More than 1,000 participants used brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem during an event that took place on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service. They also posed for a group photo that was being taken from a helicopter hovering overhead. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Ryan Anders, 5, left, is lifted by his father Rob Anders as Ryan's brother Wesley, 7, right, raise their umbrellas as they assemble into a living version of the National Park Service's iconic Arrowhead emblem, near the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. More than 1,000 participants used brown, green and white umbrellas to create the emblem during an event that took place on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service. They also posed for a group photo that was being taken from a helicopter hovering overhead. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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