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§450o Andrew Johnson National Historic Site; authorization
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER LXI— - NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450o
Summary
The President must proclaim the Andrew Johnson Homestead and the tailor shop sites in Greeneville, Tennessee (now owned by the State), plus any buildings the Interior Secretary names and Andrew Johnson’s burial place (a national cemetery), as the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site for the public’s benefit and inspiration.
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Title 16, §450o
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When title to the site of the Andrew Johnson Homestead and the site of the tailor shop in which Andrew Johnson worked (now owned and administered by the State of Tennessee), located in Greeneville, Tennessee, together with such buildings and property located thereon as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary or desirable for national historic site purposes shall have been vested in the United States, said area and improvements, if any, together with the burial place of Andrew Johnson, now administered as a national cemetery, shall be designated and set apart by proclamation of the President for preservation as a national historic site for the benefit and inspiration of the people and shall be called the “Andrew Johnson National Historic Site.”
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“National historic site” substituted in text for “national monument” on authority of Pub. L. 88–197, which redesignated Andrew Johnson National Monument as Andrew Johnson National Historic Site.
Executive Documents
Establishment of Monument; BoundariesMonument and boundaries established by Presidential Proc. No. 2554, Apr. 27, 1942, 56 Stat. 1955.
Reference
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 450o
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73