national monument
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of national monument
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
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Late Friday, the president visited the Mount Rushmore national monument for an address under the gaze of the giant granite heads of four of his legendary predecessors.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Stonewall, located in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, was declared a national monument in 2016 by President Barack Obama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Among the information added were the efforts of Indigenous people who originally maintained the land, as well as the role of women in creating the national monument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
Within a decade of Ellis Island’s closure in 1954, it had become a national monument.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2025
In the years that followed, the Johnston Ridge Observatory was built there as a formal part of the national monument.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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