News Release

Ernie Price Named First Superintendent of Camp Nelson National Monument

Date: July 1, 2020
Contact: Ernie Price, 2703498560

ATLANTA — Today, National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Acting Regional Director Karen Cucurullo announced the selection of Ernie Price as the new superintendent of Camp Nelson National Monument, located in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Price will begin his new assignment in late July.
“Ernie will be a great asset in preserving and sharing the important history of Camp Nelson,” said Cucurullo. “We look forward to profound contributions as he becomes Camp Nelson National Monument’s first permanent superintendent.”
Price has served as the chief of interpretation at El Morro and El Malpais national monuments in New Mexico since May 2018. Price’s prior National Park Service assignments include the National Mall and Memorial Parks, Natchez Trace Parkway, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Richmond National Battlefield Park and Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site. As the chief of education and visitor services at Appomattox Court House, Price received the prestigious national Freeman Tilden Award for outstanding contributions in education and interpretation for the Footsteps to Freedom program in 2015, the 150th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant.
“Students of history, now and in the future, are fortunate that Jessamine County has preserved this critical piece of our American story and that it is now part of the National Park Service. It is my greatest professional honor to be named the first superintendent of Camp Nelson National Monument. I look forward to helping preserve this amazing resource and sharing this important story,” said Price.
Originally from Lynchburg, Virginia, Price holds an undergraduate degree in history from Longwood College and a Master of Education degree from Lynchburg College. He looks forward to his new adventures in Kentucky with his wife and daughter.