Word: parkes
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...along, the real action was taking place on a remote Georgia island. Cumberland is 18 miles long and accessible only by boat, unless you are brave enough to land a small plane on the grassy little airstrip, where horses tend to graze. The National Park Service owns a huge tract of land; a few very wealthy families and a handful of longtime residents own the rest. There is no telephone service; none of the roads are paved; and only the Park Service and full-time residents are allowed to have cars...
Clearly, the Fergusons were the key agents on the ground for this covert operation. On July 17, Mary Jo Ferguson wrote a note to the National Park Service requesting a permit to hold a "wedding ceremony" on Cumberland Island. The wedding would be held at the First African Baptist Church, near the northernmost point of the island. In the weeks leading up to that date, the Fergusons discreetly arranged all the supplies and staff for the dinner and the reception. Charlie Taylor, who owns a company on the mainland that provided some of the food, says...
...takes 45 minutes along narrow, rutted roads. Its altar is a simple wooden stand, and its cross consists of two sticks held together by string. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' longtime butler, Efigenio Pinhiero, decorated the little church with Cumberland's wildflowers and vines. According to Bill Carroll of the National Park Service, he and about 10 others, including local deputies from the mainland and private security guards, formed a loose ring around the church to provide security. The guests began arriving in the early evening, and the ceremony started at about...
...these cases, Libertarians interpret the Constitution too strictly and at the expense of American interest. Selling the National Park Service to private developers would be an ecological catastrophe, and eliminating NASA, which explores the last great frontier, would be a shame simply in the knowledge we would lose...
Katherine J. Park...