Letter sent to Senate Majority Leader McConnell and Minority Leader Schumer
Letter sent to House Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader McCarthy
WASHINGTON, DC – The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) today unanimously passed a resolution in support of the Great American Outdoors Act. President Donald J. Trump last week asked for this bill from Congress that would fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund and address the long-term maintenance backlog in National Parks.
Members of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation met March 13, 2020, at the National Building Museum. Chairman Aimee Jorjani announced the winner of the Chairman’s Award for Achievement in Historic Preservation, given the night before to the U.S. Army and partners for the rehabilitation of Building 2101, the former Black Officers Club, at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
WASHINGTON, DC — Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman Aimee Jorjani today honored a restoration project at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri of one of the last remaining World War II-era black officers clubs in the nation with the ACHP Chairman’s Award for Achievement in Historic Preservation.
Chairman Jorjani presented the award to Alex Beehler, Assistant Secretary of the United States Army and Major General Donna W. Martin, Fort Leonard Wood Commanding General, during a ceremony at a reception during the ACHP’s business meeting at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
Irish American Heritage Month was first celebrated in March in the U.S. in 1991 to recognize and celebrate the contributions Irish Americans have made to the United States. However, life was not always easy for Irish immigrants trying to make a life for themselves in America in the late 19th century.
by Noor Amanullah, Rutgers University Extern
March is Women’s History Month, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is celebrating by honoring an important woman preservationist, Ann Pamela Cunningham, who led the effort to preserve the home of President George Washington.
