Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§448 Pioneer National Monument; Establishment

Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXI — NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 448

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the United States owns the land at Fort Boonesborough, Boones Station, Bryans Station, and Blue Licks Battlefield in Kentucky — separate tracts to be joined by a Memorial Highway — and any historic buildings or remains the Secretary of the Interior selects to honor the pioneers' courage and sacrifices, the President must proclaim those places to be preserved as a national monument. They will be called the "Pioneer National Monument" and kept so people can benefit from and be inspired by them.

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Title 16, §448

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When title to the sites of Fort Boonesborough, Boones Station, Bryans Station, and Blue Licks Battlefield, in the State of Kentucky, comprising noncontiguous tracts to be united by a Memorial Highway, together with such historical structures and remains thereon, as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary or desirable for national-monument purposes and for the proper commemoration of the valor and sacrifices of the pioneers of “the West”, shall have been vested in the United States, said areas and improvements shall be designated and set apart by proclamation of the President for preservation as a national monument for the benefit and inspiration of the people, and shall be called the “Pioneer National Monument.”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 448

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102