Category: preservation...

preserving one-room schoolhouses
old family movies, slides, photos
When you quit thinking mainly of yourself and your own self-preservation, you undergo an heroic transformation of consciousness. (J. Campbell)
In wildness is the preservation of the world. (HD Thoreau)
We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable; that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (T. Jefferson)
the National Trust for Historic Preservation
protecting, maintaining, and stabilizing the existing materials, form, and integrity of an historical place
the four preservation treatments: preservation, restoration, rehabilitation, reconstruction
the National Park Service's mission to preserve the cultural and natural resources of a geographic area that is associated with an historic event, activity, or person