People travel far and wide to collect national park passport cancellation stamps making memories along the way. In 2020, our partner America’s National Parks™ introduced virtual stamps to help people stay connected to national parks from any distance. Test your knowledge of presidential sites and see if you can find these stamps on a virtual scavenger hunt. These national parks with strong presidential connections had special virtual passport stamps in 2020, which may be over, but better late than never with national park passport stamps!
Instructions
- Try to guess each of these national parks based on the visual and written clues.
- Slide the arrow on each image to the left or right to reveal the correct answer.
- Try to find the virtual passport stamp on the park's website and/or social media channels while also learning a little more about each of these places.
- Add the virtual stamp to your collection! Save the image for your virtual stamp display or print it for your book or paper display.
- Visit the park in person one day!
Challenge 1
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Clue: This park was the birthplace and home of two U.S. presidents.
Challenge 2
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Clue: This home became the site of an unexpected inauguration when a vice president had to be quickly sworn in as president.
Challenge 3
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Clue: This park includes a president's home and tailor shop.
Challenge 4
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Clue: Before becoming the home of a renown poet, this home was a temporary military headquarters for a future U.S. president.
Challenge 5
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Clue: A president and a prominent presidential candidate grew up in this house with a family who became very involved in public service.
Challenge 6
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Clue: A president spent his childhood years in this park growing up in a style of house that people commonly associate with him today.
Challenge 7
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Clue: This home was referred to as "the Summer White House" by the president who used it during his terms in office.
Challenge 8
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Clue: A president used this house's prominent porch as a platfrom to greet well-wishers during his presidential campaign.
Challenge 9
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Clue: A future president lived in this property, which belonged to his wife's family.
Challenge 10
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Clue: A president was inaugurated in this park years after he made other revolutionary choices to create a new nation.
Virtual Passport Cancellations
The Passport To Your National Parks® program is offered by our official partner America’s National Parks™ to encourage visiting national parks and preserving memories. Their Virtual Cancellations program launched in 2020 to help park enthusiasts stay connected to national parks when not traveling.
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