Gateway Arch IS a National Park, but shouldn't be. By any criteria we usually measure for "National Parks," Gateway Arch doesn't meet any of them. Even the Park Service itself wasn't in favor of the name change. But, this isn't just a bunch of park nerds arguing over semantics here the implications of Gateway Arch becoming a National Park are massive for our National Parks and for the National Park System as a whole. I explain it all in this video.

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