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Part III
The President
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Proclamation 7984--Establishment of the African Burial Ground National
Monument
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 7984 of February 27, 2006
Establishment of the African Burial Ground
National Monument
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In Lower Manhattan, at the corners of Duane and Elk
Streets, lies an undeveloped parcel of approximately
15,000 square feet that constitutes a remaining portion
of New York City's early African Burial Ground. The
site is part of an approximately 7-acre National
Historic Landmark established on April 19, 1993. From
the 1690s to the 1790s, the African Burial Ground
served as the final resting place of enslaved and free
Africans in New York City, New York. It contains the
remains of those interred, as well as the archeological
resources and artifacts associated with their burials.
Prior to the date of this proclamation, the site was
administered by the General Services Administration
(GSA), and it will be the location of a memorial, to be
constructed soon according to a design selected on
April 29, 2005, through a competition conducted by the
GSA with the participation of the National Park Service
(NPS) and other interested parties.
Whereas the African Burial Ground National Monument
will promote understanding of related resources,
encourage continuing research, and present interpretive
opportunities and programs for visitors to better
understand and honor the culture and vital
contributions of generations of Africans and Americans
of African descent to our Nation;
Whereas section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat.
225, 16 U.S.C. 431) (the ``Antiquities Act'')
authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare
by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and
prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic
or scientific interest that are situated upon lands
owned or controlled by the Government of the United
States to be national monuments, and to reserve as a
part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in
all cases shall be confined to the smallest area
compatible with the proper care and management of the
objects to be protected;
Whereas it would be in the public interest to preserve
the portion of the African Burial Ground at the corner
of Duane and Elk Streets in New York City, and certain
lands as necessary for the care and management of the
historic and scientific objects therein, as the African
Burial Ground National Monument;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the
United States of America, by the authority vested in me
by section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225,
16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are hereby set
apart and reserved as the African Burial Ground
National Monument for the purpose of protecting the
objects described above, all lands and interests in
lands owned or controlled by the Government of the
United States with the boundaries described on the
accompanying land description, which is attached and
forms a part of this proclamation. The Federal land and
interests in land reserved consist of approximately
15,000 square feet, which is the smallest area
compatible with the proper care and management of the
objects to be protected.
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All Federal lands and interests of lands within the
boundaries of this monument are hereby appropriated and
withdrawn from all forms of entry, location, selection,
sale, or leasing or other disposition under the public
land laws, including, but not limited to, withdrawal
from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and
from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and
geothermal leasing.
The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), acting
through the NPS, shall administer the national monument
consistent with the purposes and provisions of this
proclamation and applicable laws and regulations
governing management of units of the national park
system. For the purposes of preserving, interpreting,
and enhancing public understanding and appreciation of
the national monument and its meaning to society, the
Secretary, acting through the NPS, shall develop an
interagency agreement with the Administrator of General
Services and, within 3 years of the date of this
proclamation, prepare a management plan for the
national monument. The management plan shall, among
other provisions, set forth the desired relationship of
the national monument to other related resources,
programs, and organizations in New York City and other
locations, provide for maximum public involvement in
its development, and identify steps to be taken to
provide interpretive opportunities for the entirety of
the National Historic Landmark and related sites in New
York City. Further, to the extent authorized by law,
the Secretary, acting through the NPS, shall promulgate
any additional regulations needed for the proper care
and management of the objects identified above.
The establishment of this monument is subject to valid
existing rights.
Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed to revoke
any existing withdrawal, reservation, or appropriation;
however, the national monument shall be the dominant
reservation.
Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not
to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature
of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any
lands thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord
two thousand six, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.
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