1. MONUMENTS ARE CREATED TO MEMORIALIZE PEOPLE, EVENTS, PLACES, OR IDEALS. Monuments

2. 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

3. 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

4. “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.

5. Castle Clinton, New York Castle Clinton Website Originally it was built as a military fort to prevent an invasion by the British in 1812.

6. Cabrillo National Monument Cabrillo National Monument Website 16th century explorers like Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo found their way using navigational instruments like an astrolabe.

7. Cabrillo National Monument Cabrillo National Monument lies at the tip of the Point Loma Peninsula, just west of the city of San Diego

8. 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 LinkWebsite Link

9. Montezuma Castle, Arizona Montezuma Castle This is the site of an ancient Native American village. The homes are built within caves.

12. This is the home, or dwelling, of a Desert Southwest Native American built more than 800 years ago.

13. 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.