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Significance statements express why Minute Man National Fundamental resources and values are those features, systems, Interpretive themes are often described as the key stories Historic Park resources and values are important enough processes, experiences, stories, scenes, sounds, smells, or or concepts that visitors should understand after visiting to merit national park unit designation. Statements of other attributes determined to merit primary consideration a park—they define the most important ideas or concepts significance describe why an area is important within a during planning and management processes because they are communicated to visitors about a park unit. Themes are global, national, regional, and systemwide context. These essential to achieving the purpose of the park and maintaining derived from—and should reflect—park purpose, significance, statements are linked to the purpose of the park unit, and its significance. resources, and values. The set of interpretive themes is are supported by data, research, and consensus. Significance complete when it provides the structure necessary for park staff • Battle Road Unit – Battle statements describe the distinctive nature of the park and to develop opportunities for visitors to explore and relate to all Road and Cultural Landscape inform management decisions, focusing efforts on preserving of the park significances and fundamental resources and values. and protecting the most important resources and values of the • Battle Road Unit – Historic • Lexington and Concord: Opening Battles of park unit. Structures the American Revolution • Minute Man National Historical Park, created in 1959 in • North Bridge Unit Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord, Massachusetts, preserves Theme Statement: Few Americans were yet ready to and interprets the sites, structures, and landscapes—the • The Wayside Unit contemplate independence from Great Britain, but when Battle Road, farmsteads, stonewalls, fields, orchards, and militiamen fired at and killed the king’s soldiers on April 19, • Barrett’s Farm Unit homes—that became the field of battle during the first armed 1775, it was a watershed event that compelled people in each conflict of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775. • Collections of the 13 colonies to take a stand.
• It was here that British colonists risked their lives and • Archeological Resources • The “Embattled Farmers” Defend Their Way of Life property, defending their rights and their ideals of liberty and self-determination. The events that day have been • Contemplative Visitor Theme Statement: Despite their largely English origins and The purpose of Minute Man national popularized by succeeding generations as the “shot heard Experience participation in the British imperial economy, the militiamen Historical Park is to preserve and round the world.” who responded on April 19, 1775, felt that their way of life interpret the significant historic was now threatened by British aggression. structures and landscapes associated • The Wayside is significant as the successive home of Other Important Resources with the opening of the American authors Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and and Values • April 19, 1775 in Memory: Shaping an American Identity Revolution which lie along the route of Margaret Sidney, whose lives and works contributed to a battle of April 19, 1775, and to foster unique American literary identity that emerged from the Theme Statement: Almost immediately, the dramatic events understanding of the events, causes, experiences of their Revolutionary War ancestors. Minute Man National Historical Park may contain other of April 19 were incorporated into an American creation and consequences of the American resources and values that may not be fundamental to the story, used initially to justify opposition to the British crown Revolution. Another purpose of Minute purpose and significance of the park, but are important to and later to help define a national identity. and to understand the world from which the minute men came forward. Man National Historical Park is to consider in management and planning decisions. These are referred to as other important resources and values. There may preserve and interpret The Wayside, • The Wayside and the Legacy of the American Revolution also be related resources and values, which are located outside home of major 19th-century the park boundary, but help interpret the park’s story and American authors. Theme Statement: At The Wayside, eminent authors, should be an object of preservation. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott, were at Minute Man National the center of developing a cultural identity for a newly Historical Park has the independent nation. following important resources and values:
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Significance statements express why Minute Man National Fundamental resources and values are those features, systems, Interpretive themes are often described as the key stories Historic Park resources and values are important enough processes, experiences, stories, scenes, sounds, smells, or or concepts that visitors should understand after visiting to merit national park unit designation. Statements of other attributes determined to merit primary consideration a park—they define the most important ideas or concepts significance describe why an area is important within a during planning and management processes because they are communicated to visitors about a park unit. Themes are global, national, regional, and systemwide context. These essential to achieving the purpose of the park and maintaining derived from—and should reflect—park purpose, significance, statements are linked to the purpose of the park unit, and its significance. resources, and values. The set of interpretive themes is are supported by data, research, and consensus. Significance complete when it provides the structure necessary for park staff • Battle Road Unit – Battle statements describe the distinctive nature of the park and to develop opportunities for visitors to explore and relate to all Road and Cultural Landscape inform management decisions, focusing efforts on preserving of the park significances and fundamental resources and values. and protecting the most important resources and values of the • Battle Road Unit – Historic • Lexington and Concord: Opening Battles of park unit. Structures the American Revolution • Minute Man National Historical Park, created in 1959 in • North Bridge Unit Lexington, Lincoln, and Concord, Massachusetts, preserves Theme Statement: Few Americans were yet ready to and interprets the sites, structures, and landscapes—the • The Wayside Unit contemplate independence from Great Britain, but when Battle Road, farmsteads, stonewalls, fields, orchards, and militiamen fired at and killed the king’s soldiers on April 19, • Barrett’s Farm Unit homes—that became the field of battle during the first armed 1775, it was a watershed event that compelled people in each conflict of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775. • Collections of the 13 colonies to take a stand.
• It was here that British colonists risked their lives and • Archeological Resources • The “Embattled Farmers” Defend Their Way of Life property, defending their rights and their ideals of liberty and self-determination. The events that day have been • Contemplative Visitor Theme Statement: Despite their largely English origins and The purpose of Minute Man national popularized by succeeding generations as the “shot heard Experience participation in the British imperial economy, the militiamen Historical Park is to preserve and round the world.” who responded on April 19, 1775, felt that their way of life interpret the significant historic was now threatened by British aggression. structures and landscapes associated • The Wayside is significant as the successive home of Other Important Resources with the opening of the American authors Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and and Values • April 19, 1775 in Memory: Shaping an American Identity Revolution which lie along the route of Margaret Sidney, whose lives and works contributed to a battle of April 19, 1775, and to foster unique American literary identity that emerged from the Theme Statement: Almost immediately, the dramatic events understanding of the events, causes, experiences of their Revolutionary War ancestors. Minute Man National Historical Park may contain other of April 19 were incorporated into an American creation and consequences of the American resources and values that may not be fundamental to the story, used initially to justify opposition to the British crown Revolution. Another purpose of Minute purpose and significance of the park, but are important to and later to help define a national identity. and to understand the world from which the minute men came forward. Man National Historical Park is to consider in management and planning decisions. These are referred to as other important resources and values. There may preserve and interpret The Wayside, • The Wayside and the Legacy of the American Revolution also be related resources and values, which are located outside home of major 19th-century the park boundary, but help interpret the park’s story and American authors. Theme Statement: At The Wayside, eminent authors, should be an object of preservation. Nathaniel Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott, were at Minute Man National the center of developing a cultural identity for a newly Historical Park has the independent nation. following important resources and values:
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