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National Park Service: Managing Washington DC’s National Capital Region Parks

The National Capital Region (NCR), headquartered in Washington DC, administers the National Mall and monumental core parks that were established the same time the Nation's Capital was founded in 1792

The National Capital Region (NCR), headquartered in Washington DC, administers the National Mall and monumental core parks that were established the same time the Nation's Capital was founded in 1792. These oldest national park areas, along with dozens of historic sites, natural areas and Civil War battlefields comprise today's National Capital Region of the National Park Service.

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