Others

         were assigned to protect

             what would become Yosemite,

           Sequoia,

         and Kings Canyon National Parks.

     Although

          national parks

              did not yet formally exist,

       these soldiers

           worked

               as our nation's first park rangers.

     Each day,

         they patrolled the grounds,

             made maps,

                  and helped build trails.

     They also enforced,

           or carried out,

                laws.