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RCED-95-55R 1 (1994-11-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackrv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States (3 O General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-259210 November 15, 1994 The Honorable Trent Lott United States Senate Dear Senator Lott: In response to your request and subsequent agreements with your office, we are collecting information on the condition of monuments at Civil War sites managed by the National Park Service (NPS). Concerned about whether NPS is properly maintaining the monuments at these locations, you asked us to provide you with information on (1) the overall condition of the monuments at these sites and (2) cost estimates for replacing or repairing monuments in poor condition. On October 25, 1994, we provided your office with a briefing on the progress of our work. At that time, we had completed work at one NPS site--the Vicksburg National Military Park--in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Your office requested that we conduct our field work there first, since you are familiar with that location and since it is one of the major Civil War battle sites within the NPS system. At the conclusion of the meeting, we agreed to provide you with this letter documenting the results of our work at Vicksburg. We relied on information provided to us by the Park Service and, as agreed, performed limited checking of the information at Vicksburg. In addition, we agreed to provide by early next year a final report on the condition of monuments at major Civil War sites managed by NPS. In summary, the information provided to us by NPS shows that most monuments at the Vicksburg National Military Park are in good condition, meaning that they need no repair or rehabilitation. The data maintained by NPS and our visit to the Park showed that 2 of the Park's 640 monuments are in poor condition and need substantial repair. NPS officials estimate that it may cost more than $1 million to repair one of the monuments and $3,200 to $4,000 to repair the other. GAO/RCED-95-55R, Monuments at Vicksburg National Military Park

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