[ Ref. 20.10.02 MMD ]

Just beautiful work, and thanks.  Question: Why is the National Park
Service involved here?  They've clearly built an excellent building,
but is the carousel in a national park of some sort?

One other question on carousel organs: Cleveland's Euclid Beach
amusement park had one that I heard when I was very small, and I was
fascinated with it.  I think I read here that it might have been saved
and is in someone's collection.  Does anyone know?

Mark Kinsler

 [ To answer Mark's first question, yes, Glen Echo Park is owned by the
 [ U.S. National Park Service.  When the amusement park closed in 1968,
 [ the rides were sold including the carousel.  Glen Echo Town council-
 [ woman Nancy Long organized a successful fundraising drive to buy
 [ back the park's beloved carousel.  Local residents mounted a campaign
 [ that raised $80,000 in private funds to buy the carousel from an
 [ organization that had purchased it after the park closed.  The
 [ return of the Wurlitzer organ was assured by an additional $10,000.
 [ The carousel and organ were then donated to the National Park Service
 [ with the understanding that they would remain at Glen Echo Park and
 [ be operated for public enjoyment.  Glen Echo Park has been a part of
 [ the U.S. government's National Park Service since 1971.
 [
 [ -- Relief Editor