national monument
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of national monument
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10
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Then-President Barack Obama declared it a national monument the following year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
The ceremony took place at the historic Les Invalides national monument, the resting place of Napoleon Bonaparte, in the presence of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, top left-wing politicians, and other high-profile guests.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
Within a decade of Ellis Island’s closure in 1954, it had become a national monument.
From Slate • Jul. 17, 2025
At 624,000 acres, Chuckwalla will become the fifth-largest land-based national monument in the continental U.S., stretching from the Coachella Valley to the Colorado River.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025
Every Christmas since, she sent my parents a gift box containing hot sauce, a flowering cactus, and a photograph of Mrs. Watson and herself in front of some national monument.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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