national monument
nounDefinition of national monument
: 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
Recent Examples on the Web
Fort Monroe, which president Barack Obama designated a national monument in 2011, bustled this weekend with visitors hailing from around the country and world. — Donna M. Owens, Essence, "Commemorating 400 years Of Black History In Hampton, Virginia," 27 Aug. 2019 It was first declared a national monument by President Calvin Coolidge in 1923, following Holley's survey. — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, "3-D Map to Digitize Part of Carlsbad Caverns Down to the Millimeter," 19 Aug. 2019 The billionaire French donors who publicly promised flashy donations totaling hundreds of millions to rebuild Notre Dame have not yet paid a penny toward the restoration of the French national monument, according to church and business officials. — Thomas Adamson, chicagotribune.com, "Who's paying for repair work at Notre Dame Cathedral? French billionaires? Nope, so far it's mostly U.S. donors.," 14 June 2019 The national monument and preserve, with its desolate lunar-type volcanic landscape, served as a training ground for four Apollo 14 astronauts. — April Orcutt, latimes.com, "50 years ago, the first humans stepped on the moon. Here’s how the West is celebrating our ‘giant leap’," 7 July 2019 In Mississippi, the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home will be named a national monument. — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, "10 places that will be protected by Congress’s new public lands bill," 27 Feb. 2019 The Mississippi home of a late civil rights icon took a step closer Tuesday to becoming a national monument. — Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY, "Lawmakers want to turn home of civil rights icon Medgar Evers into national monument," 6 Feb. 2018 Notre Dame Cathedral is honored also as a national monument. — Nr Editors, National Review, "The Week," 11 July 2019 Most of our national monuments would have to be torn down. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Political correctness gone too far (7/4/19)," 7 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'national monument.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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