Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§450l Fort Stanwix National Monument; Establishment
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXI — NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450l
Summary
When the United States takes ownership of Fort Stanwix (or part of it), along with any buildings or property the Secretary of the Interior says are needed, the President must proclaim the place to be preserved for the public and call it the "Fort Stanwix National Monument." The area must include at least the part of Fort Stanwix that is now owned by the State of New York.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §450l
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When title to the site or portion thereof at Fort Stanwix, in the State of New York, together with such buildings and other property located thereon as may be designated by the Secretary of the Interior as necessary or desirable for national monument purposes, shall have been vested in the United States, said area and improvements, if any, 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 “Fort Stanwix National Monument”: Provided, That such area shall include at least that part of Fort Stanwix now belonging to the State of New York.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 450l
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102