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The ACHP knows history learning can happen anywhere. During this new reality of schooling from home, the ACHP wants to offer history resources that will surely educate and entertain as students and parents continue to work from home.

Here are some suggested lesson plans and interesting content to keep kids engaged with history and historic preservation. Please feel free to add to the conversation with your own history, civics, and social studies learning ideas on our Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/usachp and www.facebook.com/PreservationTheNextGeneration.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to appoint Florida architect Rick Gonzalez to be an Expert Member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). The White House made the announcement yesterday.  

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation staff is currently in telework status.

For complete information about ACHP operations, please go to the COVID-19 and ACHP Operations web page.

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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.

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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.

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