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Monuments
MONUMENTS ARE CREATED TO
MEMORIALIZE PEOPLE, EVENTS, PLACES,
OR IDEALS.
The Statue of Liberty
 “Bring me your tired your poor…”
 A symbol of immigration
 The first thing some
immigrants saw entering
the U.S.A. from Europe
Website Link
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming
 An astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of
the rolling prairie surrounding the Black Hills. This
site is considered Sacred to the Lakota and other
tribes that have a connection to the area.
 Website Link
“Bad God’s Tower”
 The monument is a geologic feature created when
magma, which is like lava, cooled suddenly.
 Over time the
soil and rocks
covering it
eroded revealing
this formation of cooled magma.
Castle Clinton, New York
 Castle Clinton Website
 Originally it was built as a military fort to prevent an
invasion by the British in 1812.
Cabrillo National Monument
 Cabrillo National Monument Website
 16th century explorers like Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
found their way using navigational instruments like
an astrolabe.
Cabrillo National Monument
 Cabrillo National Monument lies at the tip of the
Point Loma Peninsula, just west of the city of San
Diego
Muir Woods National Monument
 Located near San Francisco, this land was purchased
to preserve its groves of redwood trees.
 It was dedicated to John Muir, an
important California conservationist,
in 1908. Website Link
Montezuma Castle, Arizona
 Montezuma Castle
 This is the site of an ancient Native American village.
The homes are built within caves.
This is the home, or
dwelling, of a Desert
Southwest Native
American built more
than 800 years ago.
Monuments
 Monuments can be statues.
 Monuments can be historic military structures or
sites.
 Monuments can be a place or an area of land.
 Monuments can be ancient sites with artifacts.