This book explores the public policy involved in memorializing and preserving the nation’s historical sites. Topics discussed include: national monuments and the Antiquities Act; commemorative works in the District of Columbia; the establishment of national heritage areas to commemorate, conserve, and promote areas that include important natural, scenic, historic, cultural and recreational resources; establishing new units in the national park system and the significance of the different titles for individual units of the national park system and the advantages and disadvantages of systemwide recommendations to simplify park nomenclature.