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historical and archeological areas of the National Park System

Areas Illustrating Prehistory and the Indian Cultures

Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
Casa Grande National Monument, Arizona
Chaco Canyon National Monument, New Mexico
Effigy Mounds National Monument, Iowa
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico
Hovenweep National Monument, New Mexico
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona
Mound City Group National Monument, Ohio
Navajo National Monument, Arizona
Ocmulgee National Monument, Georgia
Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota
Tonto National Monument, Arizona
Tuzigoot National Monument, Arizona
Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona
Wupatki National Monument, Arizona
Yucca House National Monument, Colorado

Areas Illustrating Colonial History

Ackia Battleground National Monument, Mississippi
Cabrillo National Monument, California
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, Florida
Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia (Jamestown)
Coronado National Memorial, Arizona
De Soto National Memorial, Florida
El Morro National Monument, New Mexico
Fort Caroline National Memorial, Florida
Fort Frederica National Monument, Georgia
Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida
Fort Necessity National Battlefield Site, Pennsylvania
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, North Carolina
George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
Gran Quivira National Monument, New Mexico
Jamestown National Historic Site, Virginia
San Jose Mission National Historic Site, Texas
San Juan National Historic Site, Puerto Rico
Tumacacori National Monument, Arizona
Virgin Islands National Historic Site, Virgin Islands

Areas Illustrating the War for American Independence

Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia (Yorktown Battlefield)
Cowpens National Battlefield Site, South Carolina
Dorchester Heights National Historic Site, Massachusetts
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, North Carolina
Independence National Historical Park, Pennsylvania
Kings Mountain National Military Park, South Carolina
Moores Creek National Military Park, North Carolina
Morristown National Historical Park, New Jersey
Saratoga National Historical Park, New York
Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York

Areas Illustrating Political and Military Affairs, 1783-1865

Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park, Kentucky
Adams National Historic Site, Massachusetts
Castle Clinton National Monument, New York
Chalmette National Historical Park, Louisiana
Custis-Lee Mansion National Memorial, Virginia
Federal Hall National Memorial, New York
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Maryland
Harpers Ferry National Monument, West Virginia-Maryland
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument, Ohio
Thomas Jefferson National Memorial, District of Columbia
Washington Monument National Memorial, District of Columbia

Areas illustrating the Advance of the Frontier and Westward Expansion

Big Hole Battlefield National Monument, Montana
Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Nebraska
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Kentucky—Tennessee—Virginia
Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana
Fort Laramie National Monument, Wyoming
Fort Union National Monument, New Mexico
Fort Vancouver National Monument, Washington
Homestead National Monument of America, Nebraska
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site, Missouri
Lava Beds National Monument, California
McLoughlin House National Historic Site, Oregon
Meriwether Lewis National Monument, Tennessee
Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona
Scotts Bluff National Monument, Nebraska
Sitka National Monument, Alaska
Whitman National Monument, Washington

Areas illustrating the Civil War

Andrew Johnson National Monument, Tennessee
Antietam National Battlefield Site, Maryland
Antietam National Cemetery, Maryland
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Virginia
Battleground National Cemetery, District of Columbia
Booker T. Washington National Monument, Virginia
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site, Mississippi
Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia—Tennessee
Fort Donelson National Cemetery, Tennessee
Fort Donelson National Military Park, Tennessee
Fort Jefferson National Monument, Florida
Fort Pulaski National Monument, Georgia
Fort Sumter National Monument, South Carolina
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, Virginia
Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Virginia
Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania
House Where Lincoln Died National Memorial, District of Columbia
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia
Lincoln Memorial National Memorial, District of Columbia
Lincoln Museum National Memorial, District of Columbia
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia
Petersburg National Military Park, Virginia
Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Virginia
Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia
Shiloh National Cemetery, Tennessee
Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee
Stones River National Cemetery, Tennessee
Stones River National Military Park, Tennessee
Tupelo National Battlefield Site, Mississippi
Vicksburg National Cemetery, Mississippi
Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi
Yorktown National Cemetery, Virginia

Areas illustrating Commerce, Travel, Industry, and Agriculture

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, District of Columbia—Maryland
Chicago Portage National Historic Site, Illinois
Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah
Grand Portage National Historic Site, Minnesota
Hopewell Village National Historic Site, Pennsylvania
Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi—Tennessee—Alabama
Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Massachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, North Dakota
Wright Brothers National Memorial, North Carolina

Areas illustrating Arts and Sciences

Edison Laboratory National Monument, New Jersey
George Washington Carver National Monument, Missouri
Hampton National Historic Site, Maryland
Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, New York
Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site, New York
Touro Synagogue National Historic Site, Rhode Island
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site, New York



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