State Guides to Historic Monuments

State Guides to Historic Monuments book cover
Introduction Historic sites and monuments are important places in the United States Memorable things some good and some terrible have happened in history at national sites and landmarks National historic monuments are especially beautiful scientifi cally interesting or may contain evidence of earlier life The Antiquities Act of 1906 gave the president the right to designate national monuments National historic landmarks and sites are designated by the United States Secretary of the Interior Congress can also designate national historic sites Protecting the past helps us remember our triumphs and learn from our mistakes This book contains only a few of the hundreds of sites where meaningful things happened All of them are part of America’s national story
State Guides to Historic Monuments

State Guides to Historic Monuments

Historical and anecdotal information about selected major historic monuments and sites in each of the fifty states.

About This Book

By: Linden McNeilly
Illustrated by:
Published by: Rourke Educational Media (Unlimited)
9-12Age Range
7.2 AR
45Pages
HistorySubject
1090LLexile
30-45 minsReading Time
ZGuided Reading
ZFountas & Pinnell
80DRA