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Cape Cod National Seashore Instates Mask Mandate

January 11, 2023

Mask mandates still exist in 2023.

The Cape Cod National Seashore reinstated a mask mandate in all of its buildings last week, regardless of one’s vaccination status.

“Due to high COVID-19 transmission in Barnstable County, masks are required in all federal buildings, including the Salt Pond Visitor Center, regardless of vaccination status,” the Cape Cod National Seashore account tweeted.

Former President and Massachusetts native John F. Kennedy created the Cape Cod National Seashore in 1961. The 68.1-square-mile area includes ocean beaches, ponds, and hiking trails, and extends from Chatham at the elbow of the Cape north to Provincetown at the tip. The purpose, according to MassMoments, was to make more land on the East Coast available for public recreation. In 1954, the National Park Service found that just 6.5 percent of that coastal land was available for public use. 

The federal government owns 1.62 percent of the land in Massachusetts, as BallotPedia points out, with the Cape Cod National Seashore encompassing the largest amount of land.

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