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§430j Monocacy National Battlefield; establishment

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LX— - NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430j

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Monocacy National Battlefield in Maryland to honor the Battle of Monocacy and to protect the battlefield’s breastworks, earthworks, walls, and other military defenses. The battlefield is the area shown on the map titled "Monocacy National Battlefield," no. 894/40,001A, dated April 1980, which is on file and available for public inspection at the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430j

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That in order to commemorate the Battle of Monocacy, Maryland, and to preserve for historical purposes the breastworks, earthworks, walls, or other defenses or shelters used by the armies therein, the battlefield at Monocacy in the State of Maryland is hereby established as the Monocacy National Battlefield. The battlefield shall comprise the area within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled “Monocacy National Battlefield,” numbered 894/40,001A, and dated April 1980, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

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1980—Pub. L. 96–607 substituted provision directing that the battlefield be comprised of the area within the boundary generally depicted on the map entitled Monocacy National Battlefield, numbered 894/40,001A, dated April 1980, which map is to be on file and available for public inspection for provision directing that the battlefield be comprised of the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled Boundary, Monocacy National Battlefield, numbered 894–40,000, dated May 1976. 1976—Pub. L. 94–578 substituted “is declared a national battlefield to be known as the ‘Monocacy National Battlefield’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the battlefield’). The battlefield shall comprise the area generally depicted on the drawing entitled ‘Boundary, Monocacy National Battlefield’, numbered 894–40,000 and dated May 1976” for “is declared a national military park to be known as the ‘Monocacy National Military Park’, whenever the title to the lands deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior shall have been acquired by the United States and the usual jurisdiction over the lands and roads of the same shall have been granted to the United States by the State of Maryland”.

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16 U.S.C. § 430j

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73