<P> Comprising 47,125 acres ( 19,071 ha ) , Fort Jefferson National Monument was designated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt under the Antiquities Act on January 4 , 1935 . The monument was expanded in 1983 and redesignated as Dry Tortugas National Park on October 26 , 1992 , by an act of Congress . Dry Tortugas is managed by the staff of Everglades National Park . The park was established to protect the island and marine ecosystems of the Dry Tortugas , to preserve Fort Jefferson and submerged cultural resources such as shipwrecks , and to allow for public access in a regulated manner . </P>
<P> Comprising 47,125 acres ( 19,071 ha ) , Fort Jefferson National Monument was designated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt under the Antiquities Act on January 4 , 1935 . The monument was expanded in 1983 and redesignated as Dry Tortugas National Park on October 26 , 1992 , by an act of Congress . Dry Tortugas is managed by the staff of Everglades National Park . The park was established to protect the island and marine ecosystems of the Dry Tortugas , to preserve Fort Jefferson and submerged cultural resources such as shipwrecks , and to allow for public access in a regulated manner . </P>
when did dry tortugas become a national park
when did dry tortugas become a national park
October 26 , 1992
October 26 , 1992