National Park Lands Day
Published 12:05 am Sunday, September 28, 2014
![Pack 193 cub scout Michael Purdy, 5, throws a handful of leaves while helping clean up a historic African-American cemetery Saturday morning as part of National Public Lands Day in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The holiday is the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)](https://www.vicksburgpost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/092814-national-public-lands-day-js13MAIN.jpg)
Pack 193 cub scout Michael Purdy, 5, throws a handful of leaves while helping clean up a historic African-American cemetery Saturday morning as part of National Public Lands Day in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The holiday is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)
![Americorps volunteer James McCall uses a weed trimmer to help clean up a historic African-American cemetery Saturday morning as part of National Public Lands Day in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The holiday is the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)](https://www.vicksburgpost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/092814-national-public-lands-day-js7WEB-300x200.jpg)
Americorps volunteer James McCall uses a weed trimmer to help clean up a historic African-American cemetery Saturday morning as part of National Public Lands Day in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The holiday is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)
![Ibrahim Blake, 12, helps clean up a historic African-American cemetery Saturday morning as part of National Public Lands Day in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The holiday is the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)](https://www.vicksburgpost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/092814-national-public-lands-day-js6WEB-200x300.jpg)
Ibrahim Blake, 12, helps clean up a historic African-American cemetery Saturday morning as part of National Public Lands Day in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The holiday is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)
![Landon Nichols, 6, right, and Nathan Austin, 8, carry pieces of a log Saturday morning while cleaning up a historic African-American cemetery as part of National Public Lands Day in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The holiday is the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)](https://www.vicksburgpost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2014/09/092814-national-public-lands-day-js1WEB-233x300.jpg)
Landon Nichols, 6, right, and Nathan Austin, 8, carry pieces of a log Saturday morning while cleaning up a historic African-American cemetery as part of National Public Lands Day in the Vicksburg National Military Park. The holiday is the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post)