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Interior Secretary Jewell Applauds Designation of Poverty Point in Louisiana as Nation’s 22nd World Heritage Site

Historic Earthworks Dating Back 3,000 Years Tell the Story of Early Inhabitants of North America

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 23, 2014.  Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today applauded the decision by the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to inscribe the prehistoric Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point, a State Historic Site and National Monument in Louisiana, as a World Heritage Site.

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