• Boy Scout volunteers placing flags in the Andersonville National Cemetery for Memorial Day

    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

Park Planning

Civil War soldiers carry flags of the north and south past a stone monument
Rededication of the Michigan monument, 2004.
NPS/Alan Marsh
 

The National Park Service prepares a variety of planning and environmental documents to help guide it in managing park resources. These documents can range from site-specific impact analyses, to broader park-wide plans for future use and management of the park, such as the General Management Plan.

Long Range Interpretive Plan - February 2010 [2.10 MB PDF]
This Long-Range Interpretive Plan offers guidance for enriching interpretive programming and improving visitor experiences at Andersonville National Historic Site over the next ten years.

Southeast Region Civil War Sesquicentennial Action Plan - October 2010 [6.50 MB PDF]
Regional goals and strategies for engaging the public during the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.

National Prisoner of War Museum Dedication Program - April 1998 [9.42 MB PDF]
Program from the 1998 dedication of the National Prisoner of War Museum. Contains detailed background information on the development of the museum.

General Management Plan - June 1988 [14.6 MB PDF]
The purpose of a general management plan is to ensure that each park has a clearly defined direction for resource preservation and visitor use.

Historic Resource Study - 1970 [14.5 MB PDF]
This invaluable study charts the history and development of Camp Sumter.

Did You Know?

Plaque at entrance to National Prisoner of War Museum

On April 9, 1942 on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines, 10,000 American soldiers became prisoners of the Japanese.  Exactly 56 years later the National Prisoner of War Museum was dedicated.  Many former POWs and their families attended, including survivors of the Bataan Death March.