(a) In generalIn order to preserve for the benefit of the American people certain historic structures and properties of outstanding national significance associated with the opening of the War of the American Revolution, Minute Man National Historical Park is authorized to be established in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The purposes of the park shall include the preservation and interpretation of (1) the historic landscape along the road between Lexington and Concord, (2) sites associated with the causes and consequences of the American Revolution, and (3) the Wayside on Lexington Road in Concord, the home of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcott, and Margaret Sidney, whose works illustrate the nineteenth century American literary renaissance.
(b) BoundariesThe park shall be comprised of the lands depicted on the map entitled “Boundary Map NARO–406–20015C”, dated June 1991.
Structure US Code
CHAPTER 1— NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LV— MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
§ 410t. Acquisition and transfer of lands; private owner’s retention of right of use and occupancy
§ 410u. Preservation of historic sites
§ 410v. Appointment and composition of advisory commission
§ 410w. Administration, protection, and development
§ 410x. Authorization of appropriations