Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§425n Interpretation

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LX — NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 425n

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must explain Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Courthouse and Wilderness for visitors and the public, showing their causes, consequences, and effects on all Americans, especially the South.

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Title 16, §425n

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In administering the park, the Secretary shall take such action as is necessary and appropriate to interpret, for the benefit of visitors to the park and the general public, the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Courthouse, and the Wilderness in the larger context of the Civil War and American history, including the causes and consequences of the Civil War and including the effects of the war on all the American people, especially on the American South.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 425n

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102