Passport To Your National Parks® 2020 Regional Stamp Set Now Available

Passport To Your National Parks® 2020 Regional Stamp Set Now Available

Eastern National today announced the release of the highly anticipated 2020 Passport To Your National Parks® Regional Stamp Set. Since 1986, fans of the Passport To Your National Parks program have been collecting these colorful, commemorative stamp sets to decorate their beloved Passport books. - December 17, 2019

Vietnam Women's Memorial to Commemorate 25th Anniversary

Vietnam Women's Memorial to Commemorate 25th Anniversary

Veterans Day weekend events set to honor women veterans of the Vietnam era - October 26, 2018

Passport To Your National Parks 2018 Regional Stamp Set Now Available on eParks.com

Passport To Your National Parks 2018 Regional Stamp Set Now Available on eParks.com

Announcing the 2018 Regional Stamp Set, the newest addition to the annual stamp series from the popular Passport To Your National Parks program®. - November 30, 2017

National Park Service Employees & Alumni Trust Fund Accepting Donations for Hurricane Harvey and Irma Relief Efforts

September 13, 2017— The National Park Service Employees & Alumni Trust Fund is now accepting donations to aid National Park Service and partner organization employees who have been impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. Donations may be made online at www.eandaa.org through a PayPal... - September 15, 2017

Eastern National and Passport To Your National Parks® Announce Total Solar Eclipse Cancellation Stamps

Circle the date! In honor of the all-American total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, Eastern National and Passport To Your National Parks® are excited to announce special edition “Time-of-Totality” cancellation stamps. These cancellations will be available at the following 19... - August 08, 2017

Eastern National and Women’s Rights National Historical Park Introduce Philanthropic Partnership

The Campaign for Wesleyan Chapel aims to raise funds to support the development, installation, and stewardship of an exhibit that will enhance visitors’ understanding of the space. - July 19, 2017

Eastern National Joins Cape Cod National Seashore for 20th Anniversary Celebration of Highland Light Move

Government officials and community members will gather July 12 for a ceremony to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the historic move of the Highland Lighthouse in North Truro, MA. In 1996, the lighthouse was moved 450 feet back to safer ground, thanks to a six-year, grassroots effort by local volunteers to preserve the oldest lighthouse on Cape Cod. - July 10, 2016

Eastern National Releases New Passport to Your National Parks® Collector’s Edition

Eastern National has released a Passport To Your National Parks® Collector’s Edition to help commemorate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service this year. The deluxe, expanded version of the Passport To Your National Parks® book has space to collect park cancellations and commemorative Passport stamps for every national park site in the National Park System—to date more than 400. Proceeds from the sale of Passport books and stamp sets are donated to the National Park Service. - February 07, 2016

Eastern National Announces Leadership Transition Plan

Eastern National announces leadership changes. Dr. G. Jay Gogue, Board Chair, has stepped down as Board Chair and will remain a board member. George Minnucci, who served as CEO since 2008, has been named Board Chair. John F. Ryan, Chief Administration Officer, has been appointed Secretary-Treasurer of the Association. He will continue to serve in his current role as Chief Administration Officer. Kevin C. Kissling has assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer. - November 15, 2015

New Bilingual Book, "Get to Know Your Parks/Conozca sus Parques," Encourages Kids to Visit National Parks

Eastern National is pleased to announce the release of a new publication, "Get to Know Your Parks/ Conozca sus Parques." Written in English and Spanish, the book encourages young people to visit and learn about America’s national parks. Beautifully illustrated with images from a... - September 27, 2015

Eastern National Announces the 2016 Passport To Your National Parks® Photo Contest

Eastern National is pleased to announce the 2016 Passport To Your National Parks® Photo Contest. The contest is open to active National Park Service employees and Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs). Ten winning national park photos will be featured on the 2016 Passport To Your National Parks®... - August 12, 2015

Eastern National Releases "Guidebook to American Values and Our National Parks"

Eastern National is pleased to announce the release of a new publication, "Guidebook to American Values and Our National Parks." The book is the first to detail how national parks are expressions of America’s values. As it prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2016, the National... - June 24, 2015

Eastern National Releases Exclusive Product Line Commemorating the National Park Service Centennial in 2016

Eastern National is proud to unveil its National Park Service Centennial Arrowhead Product Line, available for sale to National Park Service (NPS) Employees, NPS Volunteers-In-Parks, and approved partners. The new products showcase the official NPS Centennial logo, complemented by the NPS’s... - June 12, 2015

Eastern National CEO George Minnucci Honored by the National Park Service

George Minnucci, Eastern National’s Chief Executive Officer was presented with the James V. Murfin Award by the National Park Service on Tuesday. The James V. Murfin Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the partnership between the NPS and... - June 10, 2015

Vietnam Women’s Memorial Secures Its Legacy and Future with Eastern National

Diane Carlson Evans, Founder and President of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation (VWMF), is pleased to announce exciting advances in the management of programs related to the Vietnam Women’s Memorial. The Foundation’s directors selected Eastern National, an association... - April 02, 2015

Eastern National Announces New Partnerships with Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park and Hampton National Historic Site

Eastern National is proud to announce the formation of new partnerships with two national park sites, Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park in Paterson, New Jersey, and Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Maryland. Eastern National will operate educational museum stores at both parks,... - March 21, 2015

Eastern National Announces 2014 Award Winners

Annual Awards Highlight Excellence in Performance and Partnership - March 18, 2015

Eastern National Announces Third Book in Civil War Series, "Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War"

Eastern National is pleased to announce the release of a new publication, "Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War: Official National Park Service Handbook." The book is the third book in a series of official National Park Service Handbooks that profile the contributions of ethnic... - March 01, 2015

Eastern National Announces New Creative Director

Chief Operating Officer Kevin Kissling announced that Jason Scarpello has been selected as Creative Director for Eastern National. The Creative Director, a newly created position, will be responsible for Eastern National’s design, product development, marketing, e-commerce, and publishing... - February 05, 2015

Eastern National Announces New Director of Retail

Chief Operating Officer Kevin Kissling announced that Megan M. Cartwright has been selected as Director of Retail for Eastern National. The Director of Retail, a newly created position, will be responsible for the day-to-day retail operations of Eastern National, sales training, inventory... - January 07, 2015

Eastern National Announces the 2015 Passport to Your National Parks® Photo Contest

Eastern National is pleased to announce the 2015 Passport To Your National Parks® Photo Contest. The contest is open to active National Park Service employees and Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs). Ten winning national park photos will be featured on the 2015 Passport To Your National Parks®... - August 02, 2014

Crowdsourcing Initiative Successful for Book Profiling the Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Eastern National is proud to announce that their crowdsourcing initiative through the popular website Kickstarter.com was successful. The project was launched in April 2014 to fund a new edition of the only National Park Service publication that profiles the 56 signers of the Declaration of... - July 19, 2014

Three New Publications Produced by Eastern National

Three new publications highlighting three distinctly different National Park Service Sites have been produced by Eastern National: "Independence: The Park in Pictures," "Minuteman Missile National Historic Site," and "Upper Delaware in Verse and... - May 11, 2014

Eastern National Announces 2013 Award Winners

Annual Awards Highlight Excellence in Performance and Partnership - May 03, 2014

Crowdsourcing Initiative Launched by Eastern National for Book Profiling the Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Eastern National is proud to announce a new crowdsourcing initiative through the popular website Kickstarter.com, to fund a new edition of the only National Park Service publication that profiles the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. If the project is fully funded, Eastern National... - April 05, 2014

National Parks Photos Sought

Eastern National is seeking submissions of photographs of all 401 national park sites in America. These images will be used in a variety of projects including a special Passport To Your National Parks publication that will showcase the beauty and history found in each of America’s... - March 08, 2014

Passport To Your National Parks® 2014 Photo Contest Winners Announced

Eastern National is proud to announce the winners of the annual Passport To Your National Parks® photo contest. The contest is open to National Park Service employees and Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs), and ten images are selected for the collectible Passport To Your National Parks®... - November 29, 2013

Songs for Junior Rangers Earns a Silver Award from NAPPA

The Songs for Junior Rangers CD, produced by the National Park Service, has been named a 2013 National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) Silver winner, for quality, innovation, entertainment and educational value. For more than 20 years, the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) has... - October 27, 2013

Eastern National Publishes "Slavery in the United States: a Brief Narrative History"

Eastern National has released a new publication, "Slavery in the United States: A Brief Narrative History." This book chronicles the history of slavery, documented as early as the 18th century BCE in the Code of Hammurabi, and documents its impact on the United States, from the... - August 28, 2013

Eastern National Announces the Opening of its Newest Educational Museum Store at the New Benjamin Franklin Museum

Eastern National is proud to announce the opening of a new educational museum store at the newly renovated Benjamin Franklin Museum, located at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The store will sell a wide variety of Franklin related commemorative items which... - August 24, 2013

Eastern National Publishes "The War of 1812: Official National Park Service Handbook"

Eastern National has released a new publication, "The War of 1812: Official National Park Service Handbook." This new book features essays by 12 prominent American and Canadian historians exploring key themes and stories of the War of 1812, from the development of Canadian and American... - August 04, 2013

Eastern National and Finley-Holiday Films Team Up to Produce National Parks Video Bundle

In preparation for the upcoming centennial of the National Park Service in 2016, Eastern National is proud to announce the release of a new product bundle. It contains the popular Passport To Your National Parks® book and a new, full length video from Finley- Holiday Films, America’s... - August 01, 2013

Eastern National Publishes "American Indians and the Civil War: Official National Park Service Handbook"

A new publication, "American Indians and the Civil War: Official National Park Service Handbook," has been published by Eastern National. A collection of essays by noted scholars and historians, this book details the Native American contributions to the American Civil War, and the effects... - July 13, 2013

Eastern National Announces the 2014 Passport to Your National Parks® Photo Contest

Eastern National is pleased to announce the 2014 Passport To Your National Parks® Photo Contest. The contest is open to active National Park Service employees and Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs). Ten winning national park photos will be featured on the 2014 Passport To Your National Parks®... - June 27, 2013

Eastern National Partners with Duffy Books in Homes USA to Provide Free Books for Kids

Eastern National and Duffy Books in Homes USA have partnered to provide eligible students with free books when they visit Fort Stanwix National Monument. Six titles will be made available to students: Yankee Doodle Boy by Joseph Plumb Martin; Can’t you make them behave, King George? by Jean... - May 25, 2013

Eastern National Publishes A March for All: Selma’s Voting Rights Movement

Eastern National has released a new publication, A March for All: Selma’s Voting Rights Movement, which chronicles the struggle for civil rights and the impact of the marches from Selma, Alabama in 1965. This insightful book takes the reader beyond the headlines of the day and inside the... - April 04, 2013

Eastern National Announces the Release of the Passport To Your National Parks® Android Mobile Phone Application

Eastern National is pleased to announce the release of the Android version of the Passport To Your National Parks® mobile phone application, available for free in the Google Play store. An iPhone version of the application was released last year. The Android version of the application was... - March 27, 2013

Passport To Your National Parks® iPhone Application Honored by Association of Partners for Public Lands (APPL) Award

The Passport To Your National Parks® iPhone Application was selected as the winner of the Electronic Media category at the 10th annual Association of Partners for Public Lands (APPL) Media and Partnership Awards. The awards recognize the outstanding contributions made by nonprofit partners to... - March 27, 2013

Eastern National Publishes History of Civil Rights in America

New Book Connects the Civil Rights Journey to America’s National Parks - February 10, 2013

Eastern National Announces 2012 Award Winners

Annual Awards Highlight Excellence in Performance and Partnership - February 09, 2013

Eastern National Publishes The Department of the Interior in the Age of the Civil War

In the thousands of volumes written about the Civil War, there has never been a comprehensive history of the Department of the Interior during this tumultuous time. The newly released Eastern National publication, The Department of the Interior in the Age of the Civil War, fills that void. The... - November 17, 2012

Passport to Your National Parks® 2013 Photo Contest Winners Announced

Each year, Eastern National holds a photo contest for NPS employees and Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs) to select ten images–one national and nine regional–for the collectible Passport To Your National Parks® commemorative stamp set. The stamps are distributed on a single perforated... - November 17, 2012

Eastern National Publishes The Moton School Story: Children of Courage

Before the sit-ins in Greensboro, before the Montgomery bus boycott, there was the student strike at the Robert Russa Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. In 1951, Barbara Johns led her follow students in protest against the inadequate and overcrowded facilities they faced. Their strike, which... - November 16, 2012

Eastern National Publishes American Latinos and the Making of the United States

The compelling story of American Latino heritage in the United States from the early 19th century to today is the focus of Eastern National’s new publication, American Latinos and the Making of the United States. Authored by Yale University Professor Stephen Pitti, PhD, the book provides an... - September 20, 2012

Eastern National Releases the Civil War 150th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Collection Booklet

The nation was wrought with conflict 150 years ago, while the Union and Confederacy fought epic battles during the American Civil War. Over 600,000 men lost their lives in a struggle that ultimately destroyed the institution of slavery and restored the United States into one nation. Since 2011, the... - July 25, 2012

A New Booklet Highlighting United States’ World Heritage Areas Published by Eastern National

The year 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Convention. Some 189 countries have signed on to the Convention making it perhaps the most nearly universal treaty for cultural preservation and... - July 25, 2012

Eastern National Publishes the Civil War Activity Book

More than 70 National Park Service sites help tell the story of the Civil War, from the opening shots at Fort Sumter to the surrender at Appomattox. To help young people understand this turbulent time in our nation’s history, Eastern National has published the Civil War Activity Book,... - July 25, 2012

Eastern National Awarded Empowerment Grant from Motorola Mobility Foundation

Eastern National has been awarded a $15,500 Empowerment Grant from the Motorola Mobility Foundation for the Passport To Your National Parks® Android mobile phone application. The grant will assist Eastern National in the development of an Android mobile phone application which includes planning... - July 01, 2012

Eastern National Announces the 2013 Passport to Your National Parks® Photo Contest

Eastern National is pleased to announce the 2013 Passport To Your National Parks® Photo Contest. The contest is open to active National Park Service employees and Volunteers-In-Parks (VIPs). Ten winning national park photos will be featured on the 2013 Passport To Your National Parks®... - June 30, 2012

Bernice A. King, Daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, Will Attend Book Signing Event at Her Father’s Memorial

Eastern National is proud to announce that Bernice A. King, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, will be present for a book signing event to be held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, located at 1964 Independence Avenue, Southwest, Washington, DC. The event... - May 24, 2012

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