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Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 62
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: California Historical Landmark, Carlton House Block, Charles D. Lewis House, Charles H. Lockhardt House, List of City of Long Beach historic landmarks, List of City of Santa Monica Designated Historic Landmarks, List of Michigan State Historic Sites, List of National Monuments of the United States, List of San Diego Historic Landmarks, List of San Francisco Designated Landmarks, List of Town of Oyster Bay Landmarks, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, National Register of Historic Places, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, Register of Culturally Significant Property, Virginia Landmarks Register, Washington State Heritage Register. Excerpt: The United States has 108 protected areas known as national monuments. The President of the United States can establish a national monument by executive order, and the United States Congress can by legislation. The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorized the president to proclaim "historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest" as national monuments. Concerns about protecting mostly prehistoric Indian ruins and artifacts-collectively termed antiquities-on western federal lands prompted the legislation. Its purpose was to allow the president to quickly preserve public land without waiting for legislation to pass through an unconcerned Congress. The ultimate goal was to protect all historic and prehistoric sites on U.S. federal lands. President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national monument, Devils Tower in Wyoming, on September 24, 1906. He established eighteen national monuments, ...