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national monument

noun

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of national monument1

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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