WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation approved Emergency Situation Procedures the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will use to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response undertakings.
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The ACHP continued its Historic Preservation Month video series with an interview with Jonathan Beck of the Alexander Company. He talks about his career in historic preservation and the interesting projects on which he has worked.
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman Aimee Jorjani spoke with Nick Redding, the Executive Director of Preservation Maryland and Vice Chairman of Preservation Partners Network about the importance of historic preservation and how it fits into recovery after the coronavirus quarantine. They also discuss what people can do to support historic sites right now.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the invitation of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) is now a member of the America 250 Parks, Preservation, and Public Spaces Task Force (P3). Chairman Aimee Jorjani last week attended the first meeting of the task force convened to promote preservation of parks and historic sites for the commemoration of the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026.
By Mark Wolfe, Texas State Historic Preservation Officer; President, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers
Just over a year ago, the Texas Historical Commission experienced one of the most heartbreaking events in our organization’s history. On April 13, 2019, an F3 tornado struck the community of Alto, in Cherokee County in east Texas. Ground Zero for the storm was our own Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, where members of the Caddo Nation and other celebrants had gathered for the site’s biggest annual event, Caddo Culture Days. Dozens of people were injured, some severely. One person was killed. And the visitor center was destroyed along with a recently-completed Caddo grass house.