16 USC 410aaaa - Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

§ 410aaaa.

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

(a)

Definitions

In this section:

(1)

Map

(2)

Park

(3)

State

(4)

Sullivan’s island life saving station historic district

(b)

Establishment

(c)

Boundary

(d)

Availability of map

(e)

Administration

(1)

In general

The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park Service, shall administer the Park in accordance with this section and the laws generally applicable to units of the National Park System, including—

(A)

section 100101(a), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a), 100752, 100753, and 102101 of title 54; and

(B)

chapter 3201 of title 54.

(2)

Interpretation of historical events

The Secretary shall provide for the interpretation of historical events and activities that occurred in the vicinity of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie, including—

(A)

the Battle of Sullivan’s Island on June 28, 1776;

(B)

the Siege of Charleston during 1780;

(C)

the Civil War, including—

(i)

the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate forces on April 12, 1861; and

(ii)

any other events of the Civil War that are associated with Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie;

(D)

the development of the coastal defense system of the United States during the period from the Revolutionary War to World War II, including—

(i)

the Sullivan’s Island Life Saving Station;

(ii)

the lighthouse associated with the Sullivan’s Island Life Saving Station; and

(iii)

the coastal defense sites constructed during the period of fortification construction from 1898 to 1942, known as the “Endicott Period”; and

(E)

the lives of—

(i)

the free and enslaved workers who built and maintained Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie;

(ii)

the soldiers who defended the forts;

(iii)

the prisoners held at the forts; and

(iv)

captive Africans bound for slavery who, after first landing in the United States, were brought to quarantine houses in the vicinity of Fort Moultrie in the 18th century, if the Secretary determines that the quarantine houses and associated historical values are nationally significant.

(f)

Cooperative agreements

(Pub. L. 116–9, title II, § 2203, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 734.)

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