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Monuments and Memorials
Landmarks dedicated to the memory of important people and events.
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A granite column erected by the State of Ohio for the Ohio National Guard Infantrymen who took part in the defense of Washington at Fort Stevens in July 1864.
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A granite statue of a soldier erected by the State of New York in honor of the war dead who died in the defense of the Capital in 1864. The monument was dedicated on September 18, 1914.
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A.J. Bolon was a special Indian agent for the Washington Territory, who was killed by American Indians after the failure of the Walla Walla Council in 1855.
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This Illinois State Historic Site is the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of their four sons. The exterior includes a terrace and an obelisk, while the interior contains a rotunda and the burial room.
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Created on December 1, 1978, Western Hemlock, Sitka Spruce and Western Redcedar dominate the prolific rainforest vegetation. Wildlife in abundance includes both Grizzly and Black Bears, many species of salmon, whales, mountain goats, and deer.
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Created by Presidential proclamation on January 11, 2000, the 71,100 acre (288 kmē) monument has over 450 distinct Native American structures, some of large pueblos containing more than 100 rooms each.
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The AIDS Memorial Grove is dedicated to individuals who have died as a result of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Owned and administered by the City of San Francisco, it is an affiliated area of the National Park Service.
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Founded in 1960, the APHF is the nation's first national police museum and memorial dedicated to American law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.
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Dedicated to brothers Oakes Ames and Oliver Ames, the monument is a four-sided, random ashlar pyramid, 60 feet square at the base and 60 feet high, constructed of light-colored native granite. It was completed in 1882.
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This remote place is perhaps the least visited unit of the National Park System. The national monument is 137,176 federal acres (555 kmē) and the preserve is 465,603 acres (1,884 kmē) of which 439,863 are federal.
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During the American Civil War, the grounds of the mansion were selected as the site of Arlington National Cemetery, in part to ensure that Confederate General Robert E. Lee would never again be able to return to his home.
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The cemetery was established on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lee's wife Mary Anna Custis Lee, a descendant of Martha Washington.
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The Armistead Monument was erected in 1882. The monument honors Colonel George Armistead, the commander of Fort McHenry when the British attacked in the Battle of Baltimore on September 13, 1814.
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The monument commemorates the Battle of Baltimore fought during the War of 1812. Designed by Maximilian Godfrey and built in 1815-25, the monument is 39 feet tall and is topped by a statue by Antonio Capellano of a female figure representing Baltimore.
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The monument was erected by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in memory of the Battle of Bear River (Massacre at Boa Ogoi), which took place on January 29, 1863, between the United States Army and the Shoshone Indians.
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Located in the the Franklin Institute Science Museum, the National Memorial features a 20 feet (6m) tall statue of Benjamin Franklin sculpted by James Earle Fraser between 1906 and 1911.
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This monument is dedicated to the bullwacker, William Hooker, whose adventures of driving teams of oxen throughout the Old West became popular in the 1920's.
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This unique and spectacular landscape was formed slowly by the action of water and rock scouring down through hard Proterozoic crystalline rock. No other canyon in North America has such narrow opening, sheer walls, and startling depths.
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The city erected the statue because the destruction of the cotton crop led to agricultural diversity and more prosperity than had ever come from cotton alone. It is said to be the only statue to an insect pest in the world.
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The Bozeman Trail was an overland route connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold rush territory of Montana. John Bozeman, among others, led the first group of about 2,000 settlers up the trail in 1864.
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