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Colorado National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Colorado National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Chiricahua National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Chiricahua National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Chamizal National Memorial

(Encyclopedia)Chamizal National Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Fiordland National Park

(Encyclopedia)Fiordland National Park, 4,868 sq mi (12,601 sq km), on the Tasman Sea, SW South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand's largest national park, it was established as a reserve in 1904 and designated a nati...

Indian National Congress

(Encyclopedia)Indian National Congress, Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. By 1907, however, ...

Hovenweep National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Hovenweep National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Antietam National Battlefield

(Encyclopedia)Antietam National Battlefield: see Antietam campaign. ...

Antietam National Cemetery

(Encyclopedia)Antietam National Cemetery: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Haleakala National Park

(Encyclopedia)Haleakala National Park häˌlāäˌkäläˈ [key], 29,824 acres (12,074 hectares), on Maui island, Hawaii. Haleakala volcano, 10,023 ft (3,055 m) high, has been dormant since the mid-1700s. Its crate...

gross national product

(Encyclopedia)gross national product (GNP), in economics, a quantitative measure of a nation's total economic activity, generally assessed yearly or quarterly. In estimating the GNP, only the final value of a produ...