Press | February 26, 2019

Congressman Rogers Celebrates a New Victory for Mill Springs Battlefield

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 47, a comprehensive federal lands package, which includes approval for Mill Springs Battlefield to be designated as a National Monument and become part of the National Park System. Congressman Hal Rogers spoke on the House floor about his efforts for nearly three decades to bring southern Kentucky's historic battefield into the NPS. He also successfully secured federal funds to preserve 900-acres of the battleground and to c...