| June 27, 1864 |
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| August 13, 1904 |
60 acres of land in Cobb County west of Marietta are transferred to the Dan McCook Brigade Association. This is the start of today's Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| June 27, 1914 |
50 years after the battle of Kennesaw Mountain a monument to the battle carved by J. Mario Korbel is unveiled in the vicinity of the heaviest fighting (Cheatham Hill)
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| February 8, 1917 |
Kennesaw Mountain, west of Marietta, is authorized by Congress to become a memorial to the men who died in the Civil War battle
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Marietta, GA |
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| June 25, 1926 |
A board, comprised of an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers and two veterans (one Confederate and one Yankee) to review the creation of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| December 7, 1926 |
Legislation is introduced to create the national memorial military park as recommended by the review board
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| June 10, 1933 |
By Executive Order, Kennesaw Mountain property is transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| June 26, 1935 |
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is created. The bill, which included an initial appropriation of $100,000 was sponsored by Representative Malcolm C. Tarver and Senator Richard B. Russell
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| June 0, 1938 |
Civilian Conservation Corps arrive at Camp Brumby (NM-3)
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| August 9, 1939 |
Additional money is appropriated for land purchases by Kennesaw Mountain NBP
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| March 10, 1942 |
Camp Brumby, a CCC camp at Kennesaw Mountain, is closed
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| October 25, 1947 |
Secretary of the Interior declares Kennesaw Mountain NBP as "officially established." (The land acquisition, which had been challenged in court, was approved)
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| July 17, 1963 |
Groundbreaking on a new visitors center at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| June 27, 1964 |
On the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, a granite overlook on Big Kennesaw Mountain is dedicated to the generals in the battle that were born in Georgia
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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