History is not the past for the National Park Service; it is our everyday and our future!
The National Park Service preserves and protects historic places across the United States for future generations. Within the National Park Service, many people work in historic preservation: archeologists, architects, curators, historians, landscape architects, and other cultural resource professionals. The National Park Service carries out historic preservation both within and outside the National Park System:
- Designation of historic sites (includes federally, state, and privately owned properties), including those on the National Register of Historic Places
- Documentation (includes written, photographic, and technical documentation, as well as oral histories
- Physical preservation (includes stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, and reconstruction)
- We also preserve thousands of museum objects in museum collections across the country.
Visit our pages below to find out more!
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In their own wordsOral HistoriesDocumenting the past in the words and eyewitness accounts of those that were there.
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Objects that tell storiesMuseum CollectionsExplore the virtual collections of the National Park Service that relate to World War II.
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Hands on History!Historic PreservationKeeping structures and landscapes preserved for future generations takes time, money, community support, and dedication.
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Explore World War II Heritage CitiesExplore the designated World War II Heritage Cities and learn more about the U.S. Home Front
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- Office of Communications
National Park Service Awards More than $3.1 Million in Grants to Preserve and Interpret World War II Japanese American Confinement Sites
- Type: News
- Offices: Office of Communications
- Date Released: 2020-04-27
The National Park Service is pleased to announce more than $3.1 million in Japanese American Confinement Sites grants that will fund preservation, restoration and education projects throughout the country. The 22 projects funded will help tell the stories of the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor by the nation of Japan in 1941.
- Office of Communications
National Park Service Announces $1.2 Million in Grants to Preserve and Interpret World War II Japanese American Confinement Sites
- Type: News
- Offices: Office of Communications
- Date Released: 2017-08-17
The National Park Service announced today $1.2 million in grants to fund preservation, restoration, and education projects at several Japanese American confinement sites, in addition to $1.6 million awarded earlier this year for a total of $2.8 million. The 10 additional grantees in six states will tell the story of the more than 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, who were imprisoned by the U.S. government following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan. Photo by Dorothea Lange. Image courtesy of Densho (National Archives and Records Administration Collection)
Last updated: February 27, 2025