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A new National Park Service report shows that 2.9 million visitors to National Parks of Boston in 2023 spent $196.5 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 2,430 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $298.8 million.

BOSTON–National Parks of Boston Superintendent Michael Creasey has named longtime National Park Service leader Liza Stearns as the new Deputy Superintendent.

On Sunday, September 24, live performers presented “BLACK in the cradle of liberty” at the Great Hall in Faneuil Hall. This declaration explored agency, voice, and the power of place.

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 2.5 million visitors to National Parks of Boston in 2022 spent $167.3 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 2,090 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $255.4 million.

In celebration of National Park Week, National Park Service Director Chuck Sams made his first official visit to the National Parks of Boston from April 25-26.

National Parks of Boston kicks off summer programming in Charlestown with commemorative and family-friendly events to honor the 247th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17. These talks, tours, and hands-on, family-oriented activities provide visitors and community members with the opportunity to connect with each other while experiencing some of the most iconic historic sites across National Parks of Boston.

The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom accepted the Robert Gould Shaw 54th Massachusetts Regiment Memorial, owned and managed by the City of Boston, as one of 16 new listings from the 43rd round of applications, representing sites and programs in 11 states across the country.

Boston National Historical Park will receive a multi-million-dollar appropriation from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to restore the iconic 1902 Dorchester Heights Monument tower and landscape. When the project is completed, visitors will be able to enjoy the improved public green space and spectacular 115-foot landmark on Telegraph Hill that commemorates a pivotal event of the Revolutionary War.

Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced 16 additions to the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The new listings join nearly 700 other sites, programs, and facilities in the network that honor, preserve, and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight. A recording of the event can be viewed via YouTube.

Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced 16 additions to the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. The Lewis and Harriet Hayden House and Boston: An Underground Railroad Hub are two of those listings which were accepted as a site and a program, respectively, in the Network.