horizontal banner with Preserve America logo and images of a historic downtown, farm, courthouse, and mountain

Laura Bush, Honorary Chair
Preserve America is a White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; the U.S. Departments of Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Education; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and the President's Council on Environmental Quality.

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U.S. Department of the Interior seal

Banner photo credits (left to right): Vermont Division for Historic Preservation; U.S. Department of Agriculture; Texas Historical Commission; National Park Service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Archived News

Apply Now for Preserve America Presidential Awards

2008 Round 1 Preserve America Grants Announced

Festi Wins 2007 Preserve America History Teacher of the Year Award

2008 Preserve America Presidential Awards Presented

Interior Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett Testifies on Preserve America and Save America Treasures

Pennsylvania Communities Honored

Spring Preserve America E-Newsletter Now Available

ACHP Delivers Preserve America Summit Recommendations to President and First Lady

Winter Preserve America E-Newsletter Now Available

ACHP Holds Winter Business Meeting

Mrs. Laura Bush Announces Bipartisan Historic Preservation Awards

NOAA and DoD Receive Preservation Awards

Round 2 Grants Announced

Fall Preserve America E-Newsletter

Mrs. Laura Bush Announces First 2007 Preserve America Grant Recipients, New Communities

Mrs. Laura Bush Speaks at Preservation Gala

2007 Preserve America Presidential Awards Presented

Summer Preserve America E-Newsletter

National Park Service Wins Preserve America Award

Preserve America Communities Total 521

Mrs. Laura Bush Announces First 2007 Preserve America Grant Recipients, New Communities

National Park Service wins Preserve America Award

Mrs. Laura Bush Speaks at Preservation Gala

2007 Preserve America Presidential Awards Presented 

ACHP Hosted Spring Business Meeting

President's 2008 Budget Proposes Increases for Historic Preservation

Calling All Outstanding History Teachers

ACHP Addresses Priority Ideas from Preserve America Summit

Senior Policy Officials Meet to Advance Preserve America Executive Order

Mrs. Laura Bush Rededicates Renovated National Historic Landmark Treasury Building

National Preserve America Summit a Success in New Orleans

Newspaper In Education Insert Now Available: Preserving America's Heritage: The National Historic Preservation Act 40th Anniversary

Apply Now to Become a Preserve America Community

Comments sought for historic preservation issue area reports

First Lady Laura Bush Designates Three New Preserve America Communities, Recognizes Four Gulf Coast Historic Preservation Project Grant Recipients, During New Orleans Preserve America Summit

Mrs. Laura Bush Presents “Preserve America History Teacher of the Year” Award to West Virginia Teacher

Second Round of Preserve America Grants Announced

Mrs. Laura Bush Announces Summit

President and First Lady Present 2006 Preserve America Awards

Mrs. Laura Bush Announces First Preserve America Grant Recipients, Neighborhoods

ACHP Delivers Executive Order Report to President

Five new Preserve America communities designated by First Lady Laura Bush

Twenty-eight new Preserve America communities recognized

Mrs. Laura Bush Presents “Preserve America History Teacher of the Year” Award to New Jersey Teacher

New Preserve America Communities Recognized for Commitment to Historic Preservation

2005 Preserve America Presidential Awards Presented

Seven Maryland Preserve America Communities Designated, Recognized at ACHP Business Meeting

President Bush Requests $12.5 Million in Preserve America Grants

Monterey and Santa Monica Designated as Preserve America Communities

Mrs. Laura Bush Designates Two Colorado Towns As Preserve America Communities

Five Virginia Preserve America Communities Receive Designation Certificates

Laura Bush Presents "Preserve America History Teacher of the Year" Award to Wisconsin Teacher

Mrs. Laura Bush Designates 61 New Preserve America Communities

Mrs. Laura Bush Designates Corinth, Mississippi, a Preserve America Community

Blackstone River Valley Towns and Cities Designated Newest Preserve America Communities

Fifteen Preserve America Communities Designated in Texas

President and Mrs. Bush Present First Preserve America Presidential Awards

Laura Bush Designates 31 Preserve America Communities in Kentucky

Historic Preservation Caucus Sponsors Preserve America Community Designation Event

Laura Bush Announces Preserve America Grants Budget; First Preserve America Communities Also Announced

Mrs. Bush Introduces Preserve America (video)

Remarks by Mrs. Bush introducing the Preserve America recognition program, Sept. 15, 2003

Remarks by Mrs. Bush for the National Association of Counties, March 3, 2003

Statement by John L. Nau, III, Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation


Updated November 24, 2008

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