Interpretation — Us Code Code § 425n
Us Code Code § 425n — Interpretation. Reproduced from the official United States Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 425n. Interpretation
In administering the park, the Secretary shall take such action as is necessary and appropriate to interpret, for the benefit of visitors to the park and the general public, the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania Courthouse, and the Wilderness in the larger context of the Civil War and American history, including the causes and consequences of the Civil War and including the effects of the war on all the American people, especially on the American South.
(Pub. L. 101–214, §5, Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1851.)
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