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national monument

noun

: a place (such as an old building or an area of land) that is owned and protected by a national government because of its natural beauty or its importance to history or science

Full Definition of NATIONAL MONUMENT

:  a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation
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First Known Use of NATIONAL MONUMENT

1879

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  1. national monument
  2. Natural Bridges National Monument
  3. African Burial Ground National Monument
  4. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
  5. Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument
  6. Aztec Ruins National Monument
  7. Bandelier National Monument
  8. Booker T. Washington National Monument
  9. Buck Island Reef National Monument
  10. Cabrillo National Monument
  11. Canyon de Chelly National Monument
  12. Cape Krusenstern National Monument
  13. Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
  14. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
  15. Castle Clinton National Monument
  16. Cedar Breaks National Monument
  17. Chiricahua National Monument
  18. Colorado National Monument
  19. Craters of the Moon National Monument
  20. Dinosaur National Monument
  21. Effigy Mounds National Monument
  22. El Malpais National Monument
  23. El Morro National Monument
  24. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
  25. Fort Frederica National Monument
  26. Fort Matanzas National Monument
  27. Fort McHenry National Monument
  28. Fort Pulaski National Monument
  29. Fort Stanwix National Monument
  30. Fort Sumter National Monument
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