Volume 53
Public Law 76–686
To change the designations of the Abraham Lincoln National Park, in the State of Kentucky, and the Fort McHenry National Park, in the State of Maryland.
Approved August 11, 1939
Statutory text
AN ACT
To change the designations of the Abraham Lincoln National Park, in the State of Kentucky, and the Fort McHenry National Park, in the State of Maryland.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Abraham
Abraham Lincoln National Park, Ky., and Fort McHenry National Park, Md.
16 U. S. C. §§ 211–214, 437–440.
Designations changed.
Lincoln National Park, in the State of Kentucky, authorized by the Act of July 17, 1916 (39 Stat. 385), and the Fort McHenry National Park, in the State of Maryland, authorized by the Act of March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1109), shall hereafter be called and known as the “Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park”, and the “Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine”, respectively, and all moneys heretofore or hereafter appropriated for these areas under previous designations may be used in these areas as redesignated.
Approved, August 11, 1939.