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Strong work ethic becomes the foundation of American Culture when Puritans settle in America
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Puritans settled in America to escape religious persecution
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1st Municipal park, Boston Common, is developed in the US
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Industrialization first appears in the US
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Fredrick Law Olmsted designs Central Park in New York
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Beginning of the second industrial revolution was between 1870 and 1914
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The first National Park, Yellowstone National Park, was established
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The first time volunteers and paid staff oversee children and their play in the Boston Sand Garden
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Known as "Father of the playground movement" Helped survey play opportunities available for the Boston area shortly after graduating with his law degree in 1887
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Jane Addams provided Hull House of Chicago where immigrants could assimilate to American society
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The National Park service is created
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Millions are employed through the New Deal and build thousands of recreation facilities
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Therapeutic recreation is born as a distinct discipline following World War II
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The President's Council on Youth Fitness is established due to a concern over too much leisure time. If the country needed to enact the draft they needed strong young men for the military
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"Public recreation becomes less reliant on taxes and begins to take more of a market orientation or entrepreneurial approach