WHITE SANDS, N.M. (KRQE) – White Sands National Park is celebrating its sixth birthday this weekend. White Sands National Monument was designated by President Herbert Hoover in 1933 and redesignated as a national park in 2019. Park officials say in the six years since becoming a national park, Wh ite Sands has crossed 700,000 annual visits each [...] ...read more read less