This book explores the public policy involved in memorialising 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 system-wide recommendations to simplify park nomenclature.