Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§430v Monuments and Memorials; Regulations; Historical Markers

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LX — NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS › § 430v

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the national battlefield park is created, the Secretary of the Interior must allow monuments and memorials for or by Union and Confederate groups or people, but only with the Secretary’s written approval of where they go and what they look like. The Secretary must make rules to care for and protect the park; breaking those rules can bring a fine up to $500, jail up to six months, or both. The Secretary must also find, mark, and keep up the march route from Chattanooga, Tennessee, through Georgia, and note major battle lines and fortifications.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §430v

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Upon creation of the national battlefield park the Secretary of the Interior shall—

(a)Allow monuments and memorials to be erected in the park by and to the various organizations and individuals of either the Union or Confederate Armies, subject to the written approval of said Secretary as to the location and character of such monuments and memorials.

(b)Make such regulations as are necessary from time to time for the care and protection of the park. Any person violating such regulations shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine of not more than $500, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.

(c)Provide for the ascertainment and marking of the route of march of the Union and Confederate Armies from Chattanooga, Tennessee, through Georgia, and of principal battle lines, breastworks, fortifications, and other historical features along such route, and for the maintenance of such markers to such extent as deemed advisable and practicable.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 430v

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102