Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Summary
The bill would create the Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park by designating specific National Park Service lands in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, and by linking other historic resources through affiliations and cooperative agreements. It also directs a study on how to assemble, display, and interpret the Civil War history of both the North and South for the public. The measure seeks to preserve and better interpret sites tied to the 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
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