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Committee hears support for Fort Pillow national battlefield study
Subcommittee on Federal Lands, House Committee on Natural Resources · January 15, 2026
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Summary
Members voiced bipartisan support for HR 9 26 to commission a special resource study into whether Fort Pillow should be a National Park Service unit; proponents stressed the site's Civil War history and the need to tell a fuller story for the nation's 250th anniversary.
The subcommittee heard testimony in favor of HR 9 26, the Fort Pillow National Battlefield Study Act, which would initiate a special resource study to evaluate Fort Pillow’s suitability for inclusion in the National Park System.
Ranking Member Jared Huffman…
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