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Navajo National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Navajo National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...National Dialogue Quartet
(Encyclopedia)National Dialogue Quartet, informal grouping of four Tunisian civil society organizations formed in mid-2013 to facilitate political dialogue in Tunisia that would lead to consensus on the adoption of...National Education Association
(Encyclopedia)National Education Association (NEA), organization of professional educators in the United States, with almost 2.5 million members. The NEA was founded (1850) as the National Teachers Association, cha...Audubon Society, National
(Encyclopedia)Audubon Society, National, one of the oldest and best-known U.S. environmental organizations; founded 1886 by George Cird Grinnell and named for John James Audubon. The nonprofit organization, which h...Mojave National Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Mojave National Preserve: see Mojave Desert; National Parks and Monuments (table). ...Australian National University
(Encyclopedia)Australian National University, located in Canberra and state-sponsored, founded 1946 as Australia's only completely research-oriented university. Originally limited to graduate studies, it expanded i...Arlington National Cemetery
(Encyclopedia)Arlington National Cemetery, 420 acres (170 hectares), N Va., across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; est. 1864. More than 60,000 American war dead, as well as notables including Presidents Wi...Argonne National Laboratory
(Encyclopedia)Argonne National Laboratory, research center, based in Argonne, Ill., 27 mi (43 km) SW of downtown Chicago, with other facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 50 mi (80 km) W of Idaho...Tupelo National Battlefield
(Encyclopedia)Tupelo National Battlefield: see Tupelo, Miss.; National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Tuzigoot National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Tuzigoot National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Browse by Subject
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