The Historic Preservation Office has identified Capital Hill for a potential archaeological survey. This, according to the HPO director Merti Kani, would be to \u201cdocument the architecture of buildings that are 50 years or more old.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a Historic Preservation Review Board meeting last week, member Don Farrell noted that the U.S. Navy constructed these buildings back in the early 1950s. But the history of those times has largely been withheld, he noted.<\/p>\n
He noted that perhaps a survey could help \u201cbreak that barrier\u201d down with the federal government.<\/p>\n
\u201cPerhaps documenting will be another door opened\u201d to get the federal government to release \u201csensitive documents\u201d from those times, he said.<\/p>\n
Northern Marianas History tracks have a 10-year blank spot, he claimed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know what really happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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