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National Heritage Areas
Committed to protecting and promoting the cultural, historical and natural assets of a region, National Heritage Areas play a vital role in maintaining both the physical character and the cultural legacy of the United States.

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Magnolia Plantation. Historic Site within the Cane River National Heritage Area (LA)

Magnolia’s eight duplex-style quarters are the remnants of a rare masonry slave village. The cabins were initially built in the 1840s to house two slave families each. In the twentieth century, the two rooms were linked to form single-family tenant housing and furnished with electricity.

 

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Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 designates 9 new National Heritage Areas.

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NHA's in Action

Want to know what fascinating projects Heritage Areas are working on?

  • Charles Flynn, Executive Director of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area shares his perspective on NHA's in the Western U.S.
  • listen to excerpts from an interview with Heritage Area partners National Aviation Heritage Area and Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park.

  • read or listen to an interview with Heritage Area partners Lackawanna Heritage Valley National Heritage Area and Steamtown National Historical Park.

  • Read an interview with Ana Koval, Executive Director, Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor.

  • Read an interview with Chuck Arning, Park Ranger, John H. Chafee Blackstone River National Heritage Area.

 
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