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Yosemite — A Gathering of Spirit
Season 20
Episode 3
Celebrate the 150th anniversary of the landmark federal act signed by Abraham Lincoln that preserved Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. In a documentary narrated by Ken Burns, witness the birth of the national park idea, an amazing time in America’s conservation history.
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