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Learn about how Homestead National Monument of America and its partners and volunteers are working to preserve historic homestead records that are kept in the National Archives.
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Learn how the National Archives protects and preserves one of America's most significant pieces of legislation, the Homestead Act of 1862.
The Homestead Act of 1862 officially went on display at Homestead National Monument of America on April 25, 2012. This was the only time in the document's history that all four pages had been on display outside of Washington D.C. This video is about the opening of this very significant exhibit.