{"id":7995,"date":"2011-04-15T10:50:31","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T14:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogatraveler\/2011\/04\/travel-news---free-national-park-admission.html"},"modified":"2011-04-15T10:50:31","modified_gmt":"2011-04-15T14:50:31","slug":"travel-news-free-national-park-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogatraveler\/2011\/04\/travel-news-free-national-park-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel News&#8211; Free National Park Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just came across this, this morning. I know that they do this every year but I didn&#8217;t realize it came up so soon! And with the recent budget trouble I wasn&#8217;t even sure they were going to have these special free days.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s free admission days to National Parks!! From April 16th-24th.<br \/>\nFor a complete list of National Parks offering free admission check out their website.<br \/>\nThere are over 100 parks that are offering free admission during this week &#8212; Saratoga National Battlefield being one of them.<br \/>\nIf you need more planning time free admission days are also offered June 21st, September 24th, and November 11-13th.<br \/>\nIf you can&#8217;t make any of those dates there are 394 National Parks that NEVER have an entrance fee, some here in NY state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just came across this, this morning. I know that they do this every year but I didn&#8217;t realize it came up so soon! 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