Download or read book Damaged and Threatened National Historic Landmarks, 1987 (Classic Reprint) written by United States National Park Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Damaged and Threatened National Historic Landmarks, 1987 Congress, aware of the need to preserve and protect these significant historic resources, directed the Secretary of the Interior in Section 8 of the General Authorities Act of 1970 (amended in 1976) to develop and implement an annual monitoring and reporting system. Any National Historic Landmark that is found to be endangered, that is, threatened or already damaged, is included in the annual Section 8 Report. The Section 8 Report also contains recommendations for the preservation work that is required to retain the characteristics of the property that made it eligible for designation as a National Historic Landmark. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.