National Battlefields and Military Parks of the United States Codexery

National military park

One of four U.S. federal designations for nationally important battlefields.

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National military park is one of four labels the U.S. federal government uses for battlefields it preserves as nationally significant. The National Park Service manages all four designations identically.

Congress created the first such site, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, in 1890. The War Department originally oversaw these areas, but they moved to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933. The term "park" generally indicates a larger site.

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First site created
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Year of first site
1890

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