Laws & Policies
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Firearms As of February 22, 2010, a new federal law makes possession of firearms in national parks subject to local and state firearms laws. It is the responsibility of visitors to understand and comply with all applicable state, local, and federal firearms laws before entering this park. As a starting point, please visit the District of Columbia’s website. See Division I, Title 7, Subtitle J, Chapter 25 See also Division IV, Title 22, Subtitle VI, Chapter 45 District of Columbia Attorney General Federal law continues to prohibit firearms in federal facilities in this park. Those federal facilities are marked with signs at public entrances. |
Did You Know?
The Freedom Wall is comprised of 4,048 gold stars. Each gold star represents one hundred American service personnel who died or remain missing in the war. The 405,399 American dead and missing from the Second World War are second only to the loss of more than 620,000 Americans during our Civil War.