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The remains of a funeral mound at the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Ga., on Aug. 22, 2022. The lesser funeral mound remains mostly intact at the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Macon, Georgia, on Aug. 22, 2022. A railroad blasted through a much larger burial mound. Archeologists removed millions of artifacts, still held in government archives, and skeletons were put on ghoulish display before the Muscogee managed to rebury 114 ancestors in 2017. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson)

Georgia lawmakers continue push to make Ocmulgee Mounds Georgia's first national park

Jeff Dantre

Georgia may get its first national park as lawmakers unite to upgrade the status of ancient Ocmulgee Mounds in Macon after more than a century of advocacy.

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The Ocmulgee Mound could be Georgia’s first national park

Alexzundra Tillman

Middle Georgia could receive an economic bump from the proposed national park bill currently on the floor.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Family Home is Added to National Park

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family home on Atlanta's west side will now become part of the federal park in Atlanta that includes sites such as the church…