§410aaaa Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

Summary

Creates Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park in South Carolina as one unit of the National Park System to preserve, care for, and explain the historic places tied to Fort Sumter National Monument, Fort Moultrie National Monument, and the Sullivan’s Island Life Saving Station Historic District. The park boundary is shown on the map titled “Boundary Map, Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park,” number 392/80,088, dated August 2009. That map is kept on file and available to the public at National Park Service offices. The Secretary, through the National Park Service Director, will run the park under the laws that apply to national parks. The Secretary must interpret events such as the Battle of Sullivan’s Island (June 28, 1776), the Siege of Charleston (1780), Civil War actions including the April 12, 1861 bombardment of Fort Sumter, the development of U.S. coastal defenses from the Revolutionary War to World War II (including the Sullivan’s Island Life Saving Station, its lighthouse, and Endicott Period sites from 1898 to 1942), and the lives of workers, soldiers, prisoners, and captive Africans brought to quarantine houses near Fort Moultrie in the 18th century if those houses are found nationally significant. The Secretary may make cooperative agreements with public or private groups and people to help carry out these duties.