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Today on the Google home page is a video Google Doodle, aka logo, for the 100th anniversary of the US National Parks.Here is the full video Doodle from Google:Google wrote:Today’s Doodle celebrates the parks and monuments of the U.S. national parks on the occasion of the National Park Service centennial. Designated in 1916, the National Park Service has set aside over 84 million acres of protected land for everyone to explore and enjoy.Here are the Doodle credits:Story, direction, art, & animation: Sophie Diao Patches & character design: Lydia Nichols Additional animation support: Kevin Burke, Nate Swinehart, & David Davis Music & sound design: Glen Matisoff Special thanks to National Park Rangers Neal Herbert & Shelton Johnson for their guidance and inspiration!Bing has a background of the Great Sand Dunes National Park:Forum discussion at Google+. … [Read more...] about US National Parks Google Logo Celebrates 100 Years

Google is celebrating today’s Fourth of July holiday with a doodle inspired by the U.S.’s first National Parks Service Director and noted conservationist Stephen Mather. The red, white and blue logo leads to a search for “Fourth of July,” and includes images of deer, bears, moose and other animals you may find in one of America’s 58 national parks. According to Google, Mather’s birthday was also on July 4th. He was named director of the the National Parks Service — often cited as “Amercia’s best idea” — in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson who created the NPS the same year. “Over a century old, America’s national parks span 84 million acres and host more than 275 million visitors every year,” writes Google on its Google Doodle Blog. It was 241 years ago today the Continental Congress voted to adopt America’s Declaration of Independence and proclaim freedom from Great Britain. For all those … [Read more...] about Fourth of July Google doodle inspired by U.S.’s 1st National Parks director, Stephen Mather

Google is celebrating today’s Fourth of July holiday with a doodle inspired by the US’s first National Parks Service Director and noted conservationist Stephen Mather. The red, white and blue logo leads to a search for “Fourth of July,” and includes images of deer, bears, moose and other animals you may find in one of America’s 58 national parks. According to Google, Mather’s birthday was also on July 4. He was named director of the the National Parks Service — often cited as “America’s best idea” — in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson, who created the NPS the same year. “Over a century old, America’s national parks span 84 million acres and host more than 275 million visitors every year,” writes Google on its Google Doodle Blog. It was 241 years ago today that the Continental Congress voted to adopt America’s Declaration of Independence and proclaim freedom from Great Britain. For all those … [Read more...] about Fourth of July Google doodle inspired by US’s 1st National Parks director, Stephen Mather

Today on Google's home page is a logo for the 37th anniversary of Komodo National Park and they used a Komodo dragon to celebrate. Not only that, the logo tests you on Komodo facts and then it gives you a huge array of additional questions you can navigate to the answer for directly on Google.After you get through the 5 question quiz about Komodo dragons, you are give a carousel of additional questions you can click on. Clicking on those questions takes you to a Google answer box:Google wrote:Today’s Doodle celebrates the 37th anniversary of Komodo National Park with an interactive quiz to test your knowledge about Its main, reptilian inhabitant: the Komodo dragon!Komodo National Park in Indonesia sits at the center of an archipelago and consists mainly of 3 volcanic islands. The landscape is unlike any other, ranging from dry savanna conditions to lush forests, all surrounded by white-sand beaches and bright blue water.Forum discussion at Google+. … [Read more...] about Google Dragon Logo Anniversary Of Komodo National Park

My little town of Warrenton, Virginia, started off life not as a destination, but rather as a convenient stopping point between other destinations. In the late 1700s, it had a road running through it between Falmouth, a port town on the Rappahanock River, and Winchester, an early European settlement and frontier town where once a 17 year-old George Washington was offical surveyor in the area. That road crossed paths at the place where Warrenton would grow with a road between Alexandria and Culpeper, Virginia. At the crossroads, a trading post was set up, known as the Red Store (the original building has been incorporated into a larger building, and still exists on Main Street in Warrenton). A blacksmith shop and an inn or two also came into existence, and the commerce in the area originally existed primarily to serve those who were traveling down one of the roads or another. Others started settling into the area, and a decision was made to set up a Courthouse at this crossroads, and a … [Read more...] about What problems does your Website solve?