Change in name of Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park
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Title
16 — Conservation
Chapter
CH1
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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The Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park at Hodgenville, Kentucky, shall on and after September 8, 1959, be known as Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, and any law, regulation, document, or record of the United States in which such historical park is designated or referred to under the name of Abraham Lincoln National Historic Park shall be held to refer to such historical park under and by the name of Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site.
(Pub. L. 86–231, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 466.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site was renamed Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park by Pub. L. 111–11, title VII, § 7114(a), Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1202.
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