re: #271 Anymouse 🌹

There is, of course, no notation or proclamation on the White House Website.

Today there is a proclamation establishing a national monument, Camp Nelson in Kentucky.

Presidential Proclamation on the Establishment of the Camp Nelson National Monument

It has the history of Camp Nelson as a Union supply depot during the Civil War, which became a recruitment centre for African-American troops and a haven for slaves fleeing their owners.

Trump’s use of the Antiquities Act (for the first time) is totally a campaign stunt. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY 6th), whose district the camp resides in, is running neck-and-neck against Democratic challenger, Amy McGrath. Legislation to make the camp a monument, sponsored by Barr, passed near unanimously in the House earlier this year. Turtle Mitch introduced matching legislation in the Senate already, but it hasn’t been brought forward for a vote yet.