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unusual facts about U.S. National Monument



Bamboo coral

Recently, a mission funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discovered seven new species of bamboo coral in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a U.S. National Monument lying primarily in deep waters off the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, using the Pisces V.

James G. Batterson

Many of the largest Civil War monuments were built by Batterson, including The American Volunteer at Antietam National Cemetery (Carl Conrads, sculptor, George Keller, architect); and the Soldiers' National Monument at Gettysburg National Cemetery (Randolph Rogers, sculptor, George Keller, architect).

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, located 40 miles southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico (near Cochiti), is a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) managed site that was established as a U.S. National Monument by President Bill Clinton in January 2001 shortly before leaving office.

Minidoka National Historic Site

On May 8, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the Wild Sky Wilderness Act into law, which changed the status of the former U.S. National Monument to National Historic Site and added the Nidoto Nai Yoni (Let It Not Happen Again) Memorial on Bainbridge Island, Washington to the monument.

Pietro Lazzarini

For the Soldiers' National Monument in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA he helped design the five larger than life statues of History, War, Abundance, Industry, and Victory that are around the base of a tall granite column.

San Rafael Swell

In 2002, then-governor Mike Leavitt of Utah proposed the creation of a San Rafael Swell National Monument.


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