On October 1, 1890, an act of Congress created Yosemite National
Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant
sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914)
and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action,
which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison and
paved the way for generations of hikers, campers and nature
lovers, along with countless “Don’t Feed the Bears” signs.

Benjamin Harrison
(August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901)

John Muir 
(April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914)

Riding through a giant sequoia tree.

In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
(USSR) was established, comprising a confederatio  of Russia,
Belorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation (divided
in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan and Armenian republics). Also
known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the
successor to the Russian Empire and the first country in the
world to be based on Marxist socialism.

Lenin Proclaims Soviet Power in Smolny Palace.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

1977

1988