Ken Salazar urges more Latino-themed national parks, sites

Washington Post ^ | 10/11/11 | Ed O'Keefe

[ColdOne]

With the nation’s Latino population booming and now the country’s largest minority group, the Obama administration’s top Hispanic official is concerned that the federal government is not giving enough attention to Hispanic history and culture.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in the past year has pushed the National Park Service to identify more sites or properties related to the histories of women and minorities that could be added to the National Register of Historic Places or be preserved as national parks or historic landmarks.

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a’la Washingtano Dee Cee

[forgotten man]

We already have Latino themed parks here in California. Those are the parks with grafitti everywhere and dirty used toilet paper on the bathroom floors.

[jakerobins]

So the new immigration plan is to declare the border a Latino National Park??

[TADSLOS]

We already have plenty of Latino themed national parks and forests. They are the ones with marijuana fields growing in them being cultivated by the cartels.

[RexBeach]

How about “Speedy Gonzales National Sanctuary Park?”

[slumber1]

We’ve got lots of Latino themed parks here in Texas - the Alamo, San Jacinto, Goliad, etc

[Lazlo in PA]

I'm guessing the parks would look like this.

[Political Junkie Too]

How about the Alamo in San Antonio, TX?

How about the San Jacinto Battleground State Site in Baytown, TX? ("Remember the Alamo!")

-PJ

[liberalh8ter]

Salazar must be geographically challenged, this is NOT Latin America.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I nominate El Rushbo National Park just outside of Cape Girardeau, Missouri

[truthguy]

Maybe we can spray paint more graffiti on the Cabins in Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks.

[Niteflyr]

We already have Latino themed parks here in California. Those are the parks with grafitti everywhere and dirty used toilet paper on the bathroom floors.

I am of Dutch heritage. Where are my theme parks?

[RnMomof7]

I want a german/irish themed national park ...my daughter in law wants a korean one.. ..then my polish family wants one too ...

[RnMomof7]

I want a german/irish themed national park ...my daughter in law wants a korean one.. ..then my polish family wants one too ...

[bwc2221]

How about the Ricardo Perry National Park, the Gringo Jorge Bush National Park or the Park of the Unknown Illegal Alien?

[fieldmarshaldj]

How about Mexico ?

[apillar]

We could make the souther border with Mexico a national park, then tourists could watch the hispanic “migration” right in their natural habitat.

[Adder]

Uh...New Amster...er York...

How about Beanerland!? A national amusement park....

[Niteflyr]

How about Mexico ?

Yep Mexico is on big Latino theme park...head south and knock yourself out with your Hispanic heritage...problem solved.