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Article: CELEBRATING THE SWAMP.(Suffolk Sun)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 3, 2009
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By Linda McNatt
The Virginian-Pilot
SUFFOLK
More than 150 people showed up at a remote area of Suffolk last Saturday to say happy birthday to the Dismal Swamp.
It was the celebration of the day Union Camp - now International Paper - turned over a huge logging tract to the people of the United States. The gift first went to the Nature Conservancy, then in 1974,it was turned over to the U.S. Department of the Interior. Since then, it has become a source of fascination for visitors worldwide.
At the 35th birthday party, the people brought their families, children in tow. They dressed in swamp gear: sturdy hiking books, ...