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Chaco Culture World Heritage Site Landscape Gains Temporary Protection

Advocacy
On June 2, 2023, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced a 20-year withdrawal of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands within a 10-mile radius of Chaco Culture National Historical Park and World Heritage Site from oil, gas and mineral extraction leasing via Public Land Order No.7923. The withdrawal will…

ICOMOS Annual Report 2022

ICOMOS
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) has published its 2022 Annual Report. 2022 saw a focus on capacity building in Africa, a growing number of Emerging Professional members, and renewed financial health for the organization. Read about the activities of ICOMOS here: ICOMOS ANNUAL REPORT 2022.

A Monument to the Departed and Detained

Monuments Toolkit
A Monument to the Departed and Detained By Maestro Gilbert C. Correa, Monuments Toolkit Project Over the course of these past sixteen months, the Monuments Toolkit team has been analyzing, documenting and categorizing an array of monuments. One type is “Monuments of Reconciliation.” Monuments of reconciliation are monuments that recognize…

How Will You Celebrate Historic Preservation Month?

International Exchange Program
May is a month for commemorating our accomplishments and looking to the future. One of World Heritage USA’s most significant programs is the International Exchange Program (IEP). In 2023, the IEP is more urgent and more expensive than ever. This May, please help underwrite an intern’s journey to the U.S.…

Controversial Monuments Around the World

Monuments Toolkit, Uncategorized
By Miles Ezeilo Public statues are often created around the world to memorialize major historical persons, events, and ideas. The work of World Heritage USA and the Monuments Toolkit aims to shed light on these amazing pieces of culture found all around us.  Not all monuments, however, are widely recognized,…

2023 Network to Freedom Site Grants

International Underground Railroad
The National Park Service (NPS) has shared this announcement regarding 2023 grant opportunities: The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History is making $500,000 available for grants in 2023. Grants awards will range from $1000- $100,000.…

Monuments Summer 2023

Monuments Toolkit
A Season of Conversation When we look at the mirror of history, will we like what we see? Monuments have become an avatar for the values that we collectively honor and traits to which we aspire, and events that we venerate. What happens when we peel back the layers and acknowledge that…

Announcing International Day for Monuments and Sites 2023

ICOMOS, Uncategorized
Every year on April 18th, ICOMOS and supporters of cultural and natural heritage around the world celebrate the International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS), popularly known as World Heritage Day. This year’s theme is HERITAGE CHANGES. ICOMOS Committees, members and all those wishing to celebrate the International Day for…

World Heritage USA Advocacy Update February 2023

Advocacy
By Tom Cassidy, Chair, Advocacy Committee Last summer, US/ICOMOS (now also known as World Heritage USA) and a group of other preservation minded advocacy groups transmitted a request to Senate appropriators in support of the World Heritage Program and the Biden Administration’s FY 2023 State Department budget request that would…

February Webinar – Representation: the Crux of Public Space

Monuments Toolkit
Representation: the Crux of Public Space
Join the Monuments Toolkit team on 28 February 2023 at 2 pm EDT for “Representation: the Crux of Public Space,” a free webinar that will highlight the work and methods of artists and designers who utilize public space as a canvas or installation site. Although identity and representation have grown…

Historic Moravian Bethlehem to be Nominated as World Heritage Site

US Tentative
Moravian Church Settlement, Bethlehem, PA
We have exciting news regarding a potential new World Heritage Site in the United States: the U.S. Department of the Interior has authorized the Historic Moravian Bethlehem National Landmark District of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to participate in a multi-country nomination of historic ‘Moravian Church Settlements’ in Europe and North America. With…

Redefining Public Space during the Russia-Ukraine War

Monuments Toolkit
After the world stopped for two years during the pandemic, Russia began their invasion of Ukraine on February 24th, 2022. Since that fateful day, the two nations have been locked in combat: affecting all corners of the world and claiming the lives of many. The Ukrainian capital city, Kyiv, was…

Introducing Six New Trustees

Board of Trustees
World Heritage USA, the U.S. National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), is very pleased to introduce six new trustees, elected at our 2022 Annual Meeting on December, 12, 2022. Our new trustees (pictured above, clockwise from upper left) are: Emily (Yoon Sung) Choi Emily is…