national monument

noun

1. a monument, as a historic site or geographical area, owned and maintained in the public interest by the federal government.

Word History and Origins

Origin of national monument¹

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Example Sentences

The Conference Hall and Town Hall, completed in 1965 and 1974, respectively, are among the first modern buildings to be designated by the Singapore Heritage Board as national monuments.

From MIT Technology Review

Before earning its spot as one of Utah’s five national parks in 1971, this fantastical landscape spent over 40 years as a national monument.

From Outside Online

A series of eruptions lasting from 1914 to 1917 helped upgrade the park from a national monument in 1916.

From Outside Online

Pullman later garnered national attention and tourism when, in 2015, President Barack Obama designated the neighborhood’s clock tower a national monument.

From ProPublica

Another example that occurs to me is the national monuments.

From Freakonomics

The man whom Time dubbed a “Black Leonardo,” became the first African-American to have a national monument dedicated to him.

From The Daily Beast

It became known as the “Washington National Monument Cattle Yard.”

From The Daily Beast

This monastery is now turned into houses, and the refectory with the Andrea del Sarto is become a national monument.

From Project Gutenberg

The Italian government has now stopped all this by purchasing the site and making of it a national monument.

From Project Gutenberg

A national monument to his memory was inaugurated on the Grotenburg, near Detmold, in 1875.

From Project Gutenberg

Parliament voted a national monument to be placed in Trafalgar Square, and a sum of 20,000 to his relatives.

From Project Gutenberg

No national monument is a more perfect expression of the spirit of a great people.

From Project Gutenberg