16 U.S.C. § 425n — Interpretation

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The Interior Secretary must help visitors understand the Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, and Wilderness battles in Civil War context. This includes explaining the war's causes and effects. It specifically covers how the war affected all Americans, especially the South.

In running the park, the Secretary must take whatever necessary and appropriate steps are needed to help visitors and the general public understand the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Court House, and the Wilderness. This means placing them in the larger context of the Civil War and American history — including the war's causes and consequences, and the war's effects on all Americans, especially on the American South.

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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.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–214, § 5, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1851.)

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1989Enacted · Pub. L. 101-214 · 103 Stat. 1851

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