The 1906 Antiquities Act

One of the most important aspects of American culture is the long history of conservation that very few countries have, thanks to the National Park Service, which is a Federal institution. The United States possesses some of the best­preserved landmarks in the world. However, in recent years, the government has proposed budget cuts to the NPS, which will severely limit its ability to properly maintain the parks. Because of the economic and historical

Roosevelt was a true conservationist at heart. The Theodore Roosevelt Association stated, “As a boy, Theodore Roosevelt wanted to be a naturalist, a scientist who revels in and examines nature,” and he was “…an avid adventurer and lover of nature, dedicated himself to protecting both wildlife and natural resources” ("The CONSERVATIONIST"). As the President, he never forgot his dreams as a child, and he set out to preserve an immense amount of US regions so all Americans could enjoy. He especially had the future generations in mind ("The CONSERVATIONIST"). He realized something must be done for he believed at the rate of deforestation, and harvesting of other recourses, it wouldn't take long for it all to vanish. To fight the recourse of losing all the rich natural resources and splendorous landscape across the US, he created national parks and landmarks to preserve and protect these beautiful natural miracles. “Roosevelt provided federal protection for almost 230 million acres of land,” for national use, so these majestic places were protected from harm due to commercialism ("The CONSERVATIONIST"). He established 150 national forests, 5 national parks, the 1st of 51 federal bird reservations, 24 reclamation, and 4 national game preserves, including 18 national monuments in his time. By establishing these parks and landmarks, it allowed Americans and tourists, alike, the

This way of life may have been acceptable before and during the Civil War, but in today's society that way of life is not acceptable because times have changed. It is very clear that these statues do not stand for things that our country should believe anymore. Is this what we want people to think of when they think of America. We used to stand for these things ,but now we have changed and our monuments should change with us.

Mount Rushmore, the Mall at Washington, and the Statue of Liberty are all monuments across the US. The location of these monuments is important and when one is going to build a monument the location matters. Monuments, as stated in Source A, are not necessarily built at the place of what it is memorializing, “typically it holds no relic or spiritual of a past presence.”

National monuments were originally designed to protect things that were of historic or scientific interest. Although now and days we tend to perceive national monuments as part of our countries heritage; they allow us to display the respect and recognition that we have towards our country and the individuals who sacrificed a great deal in order for us to live comfortably in this wonderful country. The antiquities grant of 1906 gave the president the authority to designate national monuments and since then the president and congress have created more than 100 national monuments. The various agencies that manage national monuments are the National Park Service, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, or BLM.

Perhaps the real problem is that monuments themselves may be an outdated concept. The world is changing so fast that trying to memorialize someone or some group is mute because there will always be another person or group coming after them doing something more. No matter where, how, or why you build it, time buffers people's’ feelings toward the

President Obama has recently established the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off of the coast of New England. The monument is the first in the Atlantic Ocean and measures in at 4,913 square miles, roughly

Making Monuments Monumental Over this past winter break my family and I went to Washington DC. I was dragged to countless museums and monuments. But the one monument that really stuck out to me was the Lincoln Memorial.

A national park is an area set aside by a nation’s government to protect natural beauty, wildlife, or other remarkable features. Some national parks protect entire environments like coral reefs, deserts, grasslands, mountain ranges, or rain forests. Today about 1,500 national parks protect about 1.5 million square miles. Theodore Roosevelt had a huge impact on the national parks we know today. The three I found most interesting include The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Sequoia National Park, and the Everglades National Park.

Have you ever been to Mt. Rushmore? Or the Gateway Arch? What about the Golden Gate Bridge? There's one thing these all have in common: they're all monuments that had a lot of planning go into them. Monuments are built in order for people to remember and honor the past. Whether it be people or events, there are many factors a group must consider when creating a monument. Monuments are a physical form of a history book; they help re-create and remember past events and people. When memorializing an event of person, a group of people should consider cost, design, and text factors when creating a monument.

Monuments are used honor achievement and respect people who have achieved great things. There are many factors that should be taken into consideration before creating a monument. Making sure you have the right amount of money needed to build and take care of a monument, the location that is being used to okay with people near it, and having a confirmed location so the monument doesn't have to be moved around so much are the most important factors to consider.

Monuments in the US should be taken down and here is my reason why. One of the things I think that Monuments should be taken down is because most of them have very dark parts of our history. One reason why is that some “monuments have some racial offencenses and make some our citizen uncomfortable”. (brophy) and that's not really good for the public we want citizens to be comfortable in our country.

Since the discovery of the Americas, the United States Territory has always been a land of great beauty, offering so many diverse landscapes. In 1906 the Antiquities Act was created to protect some of these landscapes because of significant importance to the United States, but in recent years congress sees the Antiquities Act as unconstitutional and unfair. Congress believe that it is not right for the president to be able to create such a mass of land without the consent of congress or the American public. Although supporters of the Antiquities Act disagree believe with congress, that National parks created by the President of the United States have brought some of the most beloved landmarks that hold Economical, Environmental, Historical, and Scientific importance that without America will begin to lose values that only nature brings.

Barack Obama made an effort to protect some areas of the federal land during his last days as a President. The politician named two national monuments in Utah and Nevada.

After watching Extreme Weather, our class learned that John Muir wanted to preserve the natural beauty of nature, so he decided to make national parks by creating an agreement with President Roosevelt. John Muir and President Roosevelt made an agreement to show people how to appreciate nature's beauty while venturing out and preserving national parks for future generations. Both Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir had a deep connection with nature and therefore they placed national parks under federal protection. We need to protect nature and our national parks so that concrete and other unnatural materials don replace them.