16 U.S.C. § 430 — Kings Mountain National Military Park; establishment

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This law creates Kings Mountain National Military Park in South Carolina. It honors the Battle of Kings Mountain, fought on October 7, 1780. The park becomes official once the United States owns the battle ground and nearby land.

This section creates a national military park to honor a Revolutionary War battle. To commemorate the Battle of Kings Mountain, fought on October 7, 1780, the Kings Mountain battle ground in South Carolina — along with nearby land useful for carrying out the purposes of sections 430, 430a, and 430b through 430e — is declared a national military park. It will be called the Kings Mountain National Military Park. This designation takes effect once the land, including the battle ground itself, becomes property of the United States.

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In order to commemorate the Battle of Kings Mountain, which was fought on the 7th day of October 1780, the Kings Mountain battle ground, in the State of South Carolina, including such adjacent and contiguous lands as may be useful and proper in effectually carrying out the purpose of sections 430, 430a, and 430b to 430e of this title, is declared to be a national military park, to be known as the Kings Mountain National Military Park, when such land including said battle ground, shall become the property of the United States.

Source credit: (Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 437, § 1, 46 Stat. 1508.)

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1931Enacted · Act of Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 437 · 46 Stat. 1508

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