Today the group has 300 members, who have put up grave markers for 150 soldiers who died there and turned the property into a county park and a national historic landmark.

FORBES: Battle cry

Eleven years later, it was added to the National Registry of Historic Places by the state and the U.S. National Park Service.

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It creates thousands of miles of new scenic, historic, and recreational trails, cares for our historic battlefields, strengthens our National Park System.

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Campaigners have welcomed a "historic day" as the South Downs National Park Authority comes into full operation.

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One of the oldest gated communities in the country, founded in the mid 1880s, Tuxedo Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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The Batonguan Historic Trail, a 90km path across the heart of the national park, suffered so much destruction after a massive 7.2 degree earthquake in 1999 that it was closed until 2006.

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When people think of cigars, Cuba frequently comes to mind, but in fact, the largest collection of buildings related to the cigar industry in the world are probably in Ybor City, Florida, noted the National Park Service (NPS) when it named the district a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

FORBES: Ybor City, Florida

Earlier this year, park officials also closed access to the historic Barker Dam, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, after vandals scrawled a series of writings on the landmark wall.

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