national monuments
Designated historic sites
National monuments are sites of historical, cultural, or natural significance designated for preservation by a government.
In the United States, the president can create national monuments on federal land by executive order, bypassing Congress—a power used to protect landscapes from the Grand Canyon to Bears Ears.
We visited three national monuments on our road trip through Utah.
- war memorialsStructures honoring fallen soldiers
- sacred groundLand deemed spiritually inviolable
- ancient ruinsDecayed structures from antiquity
- heritage siteProtected location of significance
- historic preservationProtecting significant old structures
geological formations · cathedrals · wilderness areas · archaeological site · cultural landmarks · national parks · protected lands · federal land · presidential proclamation · desert landscapes · volcanic craters · battlefields · cenotaphs · glacial valleys · castles · eternal flames · waterfalls · obelisks
- American travelroad trip, road trips, national park, scenic routes, landmarks
- monumentsLincoln Memorial, Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Arc de Triomphe, obelisk
- public propertypublic land, public park, public lands, state property, public library
- Federal Assetsfederal agencies, federal buildings, federal land, federal lands, federal courts
- Interior DepartmentBLM, National Park Service, NPS, USGS, public lands
- nationalismpatriotism, national pride, national sovereignty, national identity, national symbols
national monumentsprivate property
Individually owned assets
private land · private estates · commercial property · tribal lands · state parks