The National Park Service owns and administers a small percentage of the approximately 2,600 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs). Although most of the properties located in national park units are owned by the National Park Service, not all are. Two of these NHLs are marking their one-year anniversary as units of the National Park System: Harriet Tubman National Historical Park on January 10 and the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument on January 13. The Tubman Home for the Aged, Harriet Tubman Residence, Thompson A.M.E. Church was designated an NHL on Jan. 3, 2001. Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument includes the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, which was designated on Feb. 20, 2006, but still operates as a privately owned and active church. Happy First Anniversary to these two NPS units!
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
