National Historic Landmarks Program
News Archives
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Heavy Metal Rules! The winner of the 13th Annual National Historic Landmark Photo Contest is Don Woods, of North Clarendon, Vermont, whose photograph of Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site was selected from a pool of almost 300 photographs. View the winning entry and honorable mentions in this year's NHL winner's gallery at Flickr. For further information, please visit the National Historic Landmark Photo Contest page
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The National Historic Landmarks Program is pleased to highlight those NHLs located in the national parks featured in Ken Burns' documentary, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, which premiered September 27, 2009. Check your local PBS station for subsequent showings.
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The Intermountain Regional (IMR) Office recently released their Heritage Partnership Program Reports. We invite you to learn about National Historic Landmarks activities in the Intermountain Region.
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Draft copies of the NHL nominations considered at the Spring 2012 National Park System Advisory Board Landmarks Committee Meeting are available for viewing.
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The National Historic Landmarks Program is pleased to highlight the Juliette Gordon Low Historic District in Savannah, Georgia, during Women's History Month.
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Draft copies of the NHL nominations considered at the Fall 2011 National Park System Advisory Board Landmarks Committee Meeting are available for viewing.
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Draft copies of the NHL nominations considered at the Spring 2011 National Park System Advisory Board Landmarks Committee Meeting are available for viewing.
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Draft copies of the NHL nominations considered at the Fall 2010 National Park System Advisory Board Landmarks Committee Meeting are available for viewing.
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Join us in learning about the latest preservation efforts at the Casa Malpais Site in Apache County, Arizona.
- National Hispanic Heritage Month (2009)
- The 2009 Presidential Inauguration will bring countless visitors to the nation's capitol, and with that, opportunities to explore the history of the city. The National Register of Historic Places has compiled an Inauguration Feature which highlights numerous National Historic Landmarks. Twenty NHLs of particular note have been chosen throughout the city to entice visitors to explore beyond the monuments.
- Draft copies of the NHL nominations considered at the Fall 2008 National Park System Advisory Board Landmarks Committee Meeting are now available for viewing.
- National Hispanic Heritage Month (2008).
- Draft copies of the NHL nominations considered at the Fall 2007 National Park System Advisory Board Landmarks Committee Meeting are available for viewing.
- Please join the National Historic Landmarks Program in commemorating African American History Month as we feature the home of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of African American History."
- A Section 213 Report evaluating the impact of proposed construction on a threatened National Historic Landmark, the Great Falls Portage, is now available.
