Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§410iii–11 Roles of key partner organizations

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LIX–GG— - CEDAR CREEK AND BELLE GROVE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK › § 410iii–11

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must recognize and support key partner groups that now own and run important parts of the Park and keep helping manage it. The Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation may keep owning and operating its lands, hold reenactments and events, and may transfer land to the National Park Service by donation, sale, or other legal means. The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Belle Grove Incorporated may keep owning and running Belle Grove Plantation; Belle Grove Inc may also keep Bowman’s Fort (Harmony Hall) for permanent preservation with a goal of opening it to the public. Shenandoah County may keep owning and managing the Keister park site for public use. The Secretary must cooperate with the nearby towns of Strasburg and Middletown, Virginia, and with Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties to advance the Park’s purposes. The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation may continue to administer the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District with the National Park Service under the District’s Management Plan.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §410iii–11

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(a)In recognition that central portions of the Park are presently owned and operated for the benefit of the public by key partner organizations, the Secretary shall acknowledge and support the continued participation of these partner organizations in the management of the Park.

(b)Roles of the current key partners include the following:

(1)The Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation may—

(A)continue to own, operate, and manage the lands acquired by the Foundation within the Park;

(B)continue to conduct reenactments and other events within the Park; and

(C)transfer ownership interest in portions of their land to the National Park Service by donation, sale, or other means that meet the legal requirements of National Park Service land acquisitions.

(2)The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Belle Grove Incorporated may continue to own, operate, and manage Belle Grove Plantation and its structures and grounds within the Park boundary. Belle Grove Incorporated may continue to own the house and grounds known as Bowman’s Fort or Harmony Hall for the purpose of permanent preservation, with a long-term goal of opening the property to the public.

(3)Shenandoah County may continue to own, operate, and manage the Keister park site within the Park for the benefit of the public.

(4)The Secretary shall cooperate with the Park’s adjacent historic towns of Strasburg and Middletown, Virginia, as well as Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties in furthering the purposes of the Park.

(5)The Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation may continue to administer and manage the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District in partnership with the National Park Service and in accordance with the Management Plan for the District in which the Park is located.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 410iii–11

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73