Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§440a Change in name of Fort McHenry Park
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXI— - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 440a
Summary
Fort McHenry National Park, Maryland, is renamed Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine; funds remain usable.
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Title 16, §440a
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The Fort McHenry National Park, in the State of Maryland, authorized by sections 437 to 440 of this title, shall hereafter be called and known as the “Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine”, and all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for this area under previous designations may be used in this area as redesignated.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section consists of a part of act Aug. 11, 1939. The remainder, relating to changing the name of “Abraham Lincoln National Park” to “Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park” (now “Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park”) is set out as section 217 of this title.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 440a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73