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History in the Parks

Below is a listing of Parks based on their cultural and historic signifcance. This is only a partial listing. For a more comprehensive list of parks and their cultural significance, please visit the Categories of Significance.

Learn More about how parks are designated and classified (e.g. National Historic Site).

African American Heritage
Alaska Native Heritage
American Indian Heritage
Asian American Heritage
Civil War
Hispanic Heritage
Landscape Architecture
Maritime
Military
Pacific Islander Heritage
Presidential
Revolutionary War
Social and Humanitarian Movements
Women's History/Women's Rights
World War II


History in the Parks....
African American Heritage
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Our Shared History
Image of Booker T. WashingtonA site celebrating African American heritage through preservation and scholarship.

  • Booker T. Washington National Monument
  • Boston African American National Historic Site
  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
  • Cane River Creole National Historical Park
  • Colonial National Historical Park: Jamestown
  • Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Paul Laurence Dunbar House
  • Fort Davis National Historic Site
  • Fort Scott National Historic Site
  • Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  • George Washington Carver National Monument
  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
  • Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve: Chalmette
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  • New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
  • Nicodemus National Historic Site
  • Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
  • Petersburg National Battlefield
  • Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial*
  • Richmond National Battlefield Park
  • Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail*
  • Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve: Kingsley Plantation
  • Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site
  • Virgin Islands National Park

  • History in the Parks....
    Alaska Native Heritage
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  • Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
  • Cape Krusenstern National Monument
  • Katmai National Park: Brooks River and Savonoski River Archeological Districts
  • Kobuk Valley National Park: Onion Portage Archeological District
  • Lake Clark National Park: Kijik Historical District
  • Sitka National Historical Park

  • History in the Parks....
    American Indian Heritage
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  • Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
  • Aztec Ruins National Monument
  • Bandelier National Monument
  • Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
  • Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
  • Big Cypress National Preserve
  • Big Hole National Battlefield
  • Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
  • Canyon de Chelly National Monument
  • Cape Krusenstern National Monument
  • Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
  • Chaco Culture National Historical Park
  • Colonial National Historical Park: Jamestown
  • Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Minisink Archeological Site
  • Effigy Mounds National Monument
  • El Malpais National Monument
  • Everglades National Park
  • Fort Bowie National Historic Site
  • Fort Laramie National Historic Site
  • Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
  • Fort Smith National Historic Site
  • Fort Stanwix National Monument
  • Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
  • Gates of the Arctic National Park
  • Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
  • Grand Portage National Monument
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park
  • Hohokam Pima National Monument
  • Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
  • Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
  • Hovenweep National Monument
  • Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
  • Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
  • Katmai National Park
  • Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
  • Kobuk Valley National Park
  • Lake Clark National Park
  • Lava Beds National Monument
  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
  • Mesa Verde National Park
  • Montezuma Castle National Monument
  • Natchez Trace Parkway
  • Navajo National Monument
  • Nez Perce National Historic Trail*
  • Nez Perce National Historical Park
  • Ocmulgee National Monument
  • Pea Ridge National Military Park
  • Pecos National Historical Park
  • Petroglyph National Monument
  • Pipestone National Monument
  • Piscataway Park: Accokeek Creek Site
  • Poverty Point National Monument
  • Russell Cave National Monument
  • Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
  • San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
  • Shiloh National Military Park: Shiloh Indian Mounds
  • Sitka National Historical Park
  • Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
  • Tonto National Monument
  • Trail of Tears National Historic Trail*
  • Tumacacori National Historical Park
  • Tuzigoot National Monument
  • Walnut Canyon National Monument
  • Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
  • Whitman Mission National Historic Site
  • Wupatki National Monument
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Yucca House National Monument

  • History in the Parks....
    Asian American Heritage
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  • Golden Spike National Historic Site
  • Manzanar National Historic Site


    History in the Parks....
    Civil War
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  • American Battlefields
    Image of historic artillery piece
    Visit the American Battlefield Protection Program for information on presevation and research.

  • Andersonville National Historic Site
  • Antietam National Battlefield
  • Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
  • Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial
  • Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
  • Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
  • Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
  • Fort Donelson National Battlefield
  • Fort Pulaski National Monument
  • Fort Scott National Historic Site
  • Fort Sumter National Monument
  • Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
  • General Grant National Memorial
  • Gettysburg National Military Park
  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
  • Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
  • Manassas National Battlefield Park
  • Monocacy National Battlefield
  • National Capital Parks: Civil War monuments, forts
  • Pea Ridge National Military Park
  • Pecos National Historical Park: Glorieta Pass
  • Petersburg National Battlefield
  • Richmond National Battlefield Park
  • Shiloh National Military Park
  • Stones River National Battlefield
  • Tupelo National Battlefield
  • Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
  • Vicksburg National Military Park
  • Wilson's Creek National Battlefield

  • History in the Parks....
    Hispanic Heritage
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  • Cabrillo National Monument
  • Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
  • Chamizal National Memorial
  • Coronado National Memorial
  • DeSoto National Memorial
  • Dry Tortugas National Park
  • El Morro National Monument
  • Fort Matanzas National Monument
  • Golden Gate National Recreation Area: Presidio
  • Gulf Islands National Seashore: Bateria de San Antonio
  • Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail*
  • Padre Island National Seashore
  • Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
  • Pecos National Historical Park
  • Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
  • Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
  • San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
  • San Juan National Historic Site
  • Tumacacori National Historical Park

  • History in the Parks....
    Landscape Architecture
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  • Acadia National Park
  • Blue Ridge Parkway
  • Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
  • George Washington Memorial Parkway
  • Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road
  • Grand Canyon National Park: Grand Canyon Village
  • Mount Rainier National Park
  • National Capital Parks
  • National Mall
  • Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site
  • Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site


    History in the Parks....
    Maritime
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  • Maritime History
    Image of lighthouseThe National Maritime Initiative focuses on the survey, evaluation, and preservation of historic maritime resources as well as promotion of maritime history and education.

  • Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area: Boston Harbor Light Station
  • Boston National Historical Park: Boston Naval Shipyard
  • Cape Hatteras National Seashore
  • Gateway National Recreation Area: Sandy Hook Light Station
  • New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
  • Point Reyes National Seashore
  • Salem Maritime National Historic Site
  • San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
  • Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: North Manitou Island Lifesaving Station
  • Vicksburg National Military Park: USS Cairo

  • History in the Parks....
    Military
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  • Boston National Historical Park: Boston Naval Shipyard
  • Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
  • Castle Clinton National Monument
  • Dry Tortugas National Park: Fort Jefferson
  • Fort Laramie National Historic Site
  • Fort Smith National Historic Site
  • Fort Point National Historic Site
  • Fort Union National Monument
  • Fort Washington Park
  • Gateway National Recreation Area: Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground
  • Golden Gate National Recreation Area: Presidio
  • Gulf Islands National Seashore: Bateria de San Antonio
  • San Juan Island National Historical Park
  • San Juan National Historic Site
  • Sitka National Historical Park
  • Springfield Armory National Historic Site

  • History in the Parks....
    Pacific Islander Heritage
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  • Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
  • Kalaupapa National Historical Park
  • Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
  • Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
  • Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
  • War in the Pacific National Historical Park

  • History in the Parks....
    Presidential
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  • Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site
  • Adams National Historic Site
  • Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
  • Eisenhower National Historic Site
  • Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
  • Ford's Theatre National Historic Site
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
  • General Grant National Memorial
  • George Washington Birthplace National Monument
  • Harry S Truman National Historic Site
  • Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
  • Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
  • James A. Garfield National Historic Site
  • Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
  • Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
  • Lincoln Home National Historic Site
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac
  • Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  • Roosevelt Campobello International Park*
  • Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
  • Shenandoah National Park: Camp Hoover
  • Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
  • Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site
  • Theodore Roosevelt Island
  • Theodore Roosevelt National Park: Elkhorn Ranch
  • Thomas Jefferson Memorial
  • Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site
  • Washington Monument
  • White House
  • William Howard Taft National Historic Site

  • History in the Parks....
    Revolutionary War
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  • Boston National Historical Park
  • Colonial National Historical Park: Yorktown
  • Cowpens National Battlefield
  • Fort Stanwix National Monument
  • Historic Camden*
  • Fort Sumter National Monument: Fort Moultrie
  • George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
  • Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
  • Independence National Historical Park
  • Kings Mountain National Military Park
  • Longfellow National Historic Site
  • Minute Man National Historical Park
  • Moores Creek National Battlefield
  • Morristown National Historical Park
  • Ninety Six National Historic Site
  • Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail*
  • Saratoga National Historical Park
  • Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
  • Valley Forge National Historical Park

  • History in the Parks....
    Social and Humanitarian Movements
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  • Boston National Historical Park: Faneuil Hall
  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
  • Clara Barton National Historic Site
  • Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
  • Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
  • Johnstown Flood National Memorial
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  • Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site*
  • Women's Rights National Historical Park


  • History in the Parks....
    Women's History/Women's Rights
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    ...Where Women Made History
    Image of women leaders of early civil rightsVisit historic sites and learn about the outstanding contributions American women have made to education, government, medicine, the arts, commerce, women's suffrage and the early civil rights movement.
  • Clara Barton National Historic Site
  • Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
  • Johnstown Flood National Memorial
  • Lowell National Historical Park
  • Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
  • Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site
  • Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site*
  • Whitman Mission National Historic Site
  • Women's Rights National Historical Park


  • History in the Parks....
    World War II
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  • American Memorial Park*
  • Boston National Historical Park/Charlestown Navy Yard
  • Eisenhower National Historic Site
  • Golden Gate National Recreation Area: San Francisco Port of Embarkation
  • Harry S Truman National Historic Site
  • Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
  • Manzanar National Historic Site
  • Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial*
  • USS Arizona Memorial
  • War in the Pacific National Historical Park

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