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A variety of ways. Sometimes it was land that was left over after settlement. Sometimes it was land that was given to the public sector on the condition it be maintained as a park. Sometimes it was purchased.
The point in my previous post is that its a gray area. You can't just make a blanket statement that the government restricts freedom or the government provides freedom. Its like asking a parent do you provide your children with discipline or do you provide them with love. The government does both. The world is not all black and white, cut and dry, get used to it.
Many things are actually pretty cut and dry. Discipline is can not be mistaken for love, and force can not be mistaken for freedom.