national monument

noun

: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation

Examples of national monument in a Sentence

the Statue of Liberty National Monument

Recent Examples on the Web

And his first official action after his party lost control of Congress was to declare, on Thursday, that the Oval Office would become a national monument. — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Trump himself has reversed national monument designations made by his predecessors. — Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Its construction required detonating explosives in the national monument, blasting apart an area called Monument Hill and outraging tribal leaders. — Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026

There are multiple weddings, a party at a dance hall, a parade, an inventors’ convention, the dedication of a national monument, and, yes, a presidential visit. — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

national monument

noun

: a place of historic, scenic, or scientific interest set aside for preservation usually by presidential proclamation