monument

noun
mon*u*ment \ ˈmän-yə-mənt \
13th century{ds||1||}
  • a burial vault : sepulchre
  • a written legal document or record : treatise
  • a lasting evidence, reminder, or example of someone or something notable or great

Monument Valley:g

geographical name
Monument Valley \
  • region containing red sandstone buttes, mesas, and arches of northeastern Arizona and southeastern Utah

national monument

noun
national monument \
1879
  • a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation

African Burial Ground National Monument:g

geographical name
African Burial Ground National Monument \
  • site in lower Manhattan, New York City, where free and enslaved Africans were buried in the late 17th and 18th centuries

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument:g

geographical name
Ag*ate Fossil Beds National Monument \ ˈa-gət \
  • reservation along the Niobrara River in western Nebraska

Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument:g

geographical name
Al*i*ba*tes Flint Quarries National Monument \ ˌa-lə-ˈbä-tēz \
  • archaeological site in northern Texas northeast of Amarillo

Aztec Ruins National Monument:g

geographical name
Az*tec Ruins National Monument \ ˈaz-ˌtek \
  • site of a prehistoric pueblo in northwestern New Mexico northeast of Farmington

Bandelier National Monument:g

geographical name
Ban*de*lier National Monument \ ˌban-də-ˈlir \
  • reservation in north central New Mexico west of Santa Fe containing cliff-dweller ruins

Booker T. Washington National Monument:g

geographical name
Booker T. Washington National Monument \
  • birthplace and childhood home of American educator Booker T. Washington in west central Virginia southeast of Roanoke

Buck Island Reef National Monument:g

geographical name
Buck Island Reef National Monument \ ˈbək \
  • area of coral reefs surrounding Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands of the U.S.
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