national monument
noun
: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation
Examples of national monument in a Sentence
the Statue of Liberty National Monument
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The Stonewall Inn’s exterior, an adjacent park, and the surrounding streets were designated as a national monument in 2016 by then-President Barack Obama.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Zoom in: The park would include the national monument in Keene, California, and three other landmarks — The Forty Acres in Delano; the Santa Rita Center in Phoenix; and McDonnell Hall in San Jose.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
Make no mistake; this would just have set the stage for future mass sweetheart deals to sell off huge tracts of our national forests, wildlife refuges, and national monuments to mining, drilling, logging and wealthy land developers.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
The distinction is unrelated to the National Park Service, which manages parks, national monuments, and historic sites across the country.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Zoom in: The park would include the national monument in Keene, California, and three other landmarks — The Forty Acres in Delano; the Santa Rita Center in Phoenix; and McDonnell Hall in San Jose.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
Make no mistake; this would just have set the stage for future mass sweetheart deals to sell off huge tracts of our national forests, wildlife refuges, and national monuments to mining, drilling, logging and wealthy land developers.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
The distinction is unrelated to the National Park Service, which manages parks, national monuments, and historic sites across the country.
—Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for national monument
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“National monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20monument. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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