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§217a Change in name of Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXIII— - ABRAHAM LINCOLN BIRTHPLACE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 217a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Renames the Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park in Hodgenville, Kentucky, to Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site starting September 8, 1959. Any federal law, rule, document, or record that used the old name must be read as referring to the site by its new name.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §217a

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The Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park at Hodgenville, Kentucky, shall on and after September 8, 1959, be known as Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such historical park is designated or referred to under the name of Abraham Lincoln National Historic Park shall be held to refer to such historical park under and by the name of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site was renamed Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park by Pub. L. 111–11, title VII, § 7114(a), Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1202.

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Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 217a

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73