Tag: national
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Flushing Remonstrance Study Update
Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends will host the National Park Service as they update the community about the Flushing Remonstrance Special Resource Study. The National Park Service (NPS) will hold a public meeting on Tuesday September 19, 2017 at 6:30pm at the Flushing Friends Meeting House, located at 137-16 Northern Boulevard in…
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Bill to put Quaker Meeting House into national spotlight takes another step in Congress
Two historic Flushing sites are one step closer to getting national attention. The House of Representatives approved legislation Monday to have the National Park Service study the John Bowne House and Old Quaker Meeting House for possible incorporation as National Park Service sites. The Flushing Remonstrance Study Act (H.R. 3222) would require the Secretary of…
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Legislation Seeks to Tie Meetinghouse to National Park Service
Legislation that seeks to make historic sites in Flushing, Queens part of the National Park Service passed the House of Representatives on September 15, 2014. The bill now advances to the Senate. The Flushing Remonstrance Study Act (H.R. 3222) would require the Secretary of the Interior – who oversees federal parkland – to study the…