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What does it mean to be a new national park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon find out

December 19, 2025

Seth T. Kannarr, University of Tennessee –Guest article– Ocmulgee Mounds, a site in central Georgia with 12,000 years of Indigenous history, may be on the verge of becoming the newest U.S. national park. This is […]

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