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Booker T. Washington National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Booker T. Washington National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...African Burial Ground National Monument
(Encyclopedia)African Burial Ground National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 330,780 acres (133,860 hectares), N Calif., est. 2015. Jointly managed by Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, the monument extends from near sea le...Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...Sand to Snow National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Sand to Snow National Monument, 154,000 acres (62,000 hectares) in the San Bernadino Mountains, S Calif. It rises from the Sonoran Desert floor to Mount San Gorgonio (11,503 ft/3,506 m), the highest p...San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
(Encyclopedia)San Gabriel Mountains National Monument: see San Gabriel Mountains. ...Hevelius, Johannes
(Encyclopedia)Hevelius, Johannes yōhänˈəs hāvāˈlēo͝os [key], 1611–87, Polish astronomer, b. Danzig. From a finely equipped observatory in his house at Danzig, assisted by his wife Elizabeth, he made valu...American Samoa, The National Park of
(Encyclopedia)American Samoa, The National Park of, c.9,000 acres (3,645 hectares), American Samoa, S Pacific Ocean. Comprising areas on the islands of Ofu, Ta'u, and Tutuila, the park features the only paleotropic...National Museum of the American Indian
(Encyclopedia)National Museum of the American Indian, institution devoted to the collection, preservation, and presentation of the culture of the indigenous populations of the Western Hemisphere, a division of the ...Browse by Subject
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