The ceremony was held at the place where a monument to America's first president, George Washington, was being built.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

In Washington,for example, large crowds gather near the Washington Monument to listen to music and watch a huge fireworks show.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

She says this monument is a quiet place for people to come to terms with loss caused by the war.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

In eighteen sixty-five, he suggested that the French and the Americans build a monument together to celebrate freedom.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

White Sands National Monument is just one of the more unusual examples of America's natural and cultural treasures.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

And new for two thousand six was a ceremony held on the grounds of the Washington Monument.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

No one is sure why. Modern Pueblo Indians say they feel a strong link to the spirit of their ancestors in Bandelier National Monument.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

It is one of several large pueblos whose ruins have been found in Bandelier National Monument.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

"'Portrait Monument' has just an amazing history too. This is also by a woman artist.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

Now,Steve Ember and Mary Tillotson are your guides as we explore White Sands National Monument.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Today,many visitors to what is now known as Bandelier National Monument feel the same way.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

He found two skulls of this animal at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument,in southern Utah.

VOA: special.2010.10.05

To others,this monument is nothing less than a monument to freedom on a battlefield."

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Visitors experience a link with the monument by seeing their reflection in the stone.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

The Gateway Arch in Saint Louis,Missouri is the tallest freestanding monument in the nation.

VOA: special.2009.03.04

It rises between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument on the National Mall.

VOA: special.2009.05.25

Jean Shin's smaller monument celebrates the heroism of people in their everyday actions.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

The national monument is celebrating the opening of a new, fifteen-million-dollar visitors center.

VOA: special.2011.03.07

White Sands National Monument protects a large part of this dune field.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Yet almost four-hundred kinds of animals live in White Sands National Monument.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

In Key West, a sign on a monument says "America Begins Here."

VOA: special.2010.03.22

The following year, President Calvin Coolidge named Carlsbad a national monument.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

It was established as Mukuntuweap National Monument by President William Taft.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

More than five-hundred-thousand people visit White Sands National Monument each year.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

White Sands National Monument is part of America's National Parks System.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

They camped in tents surrounding the Washington Monument.

VOA: special.2010.08.06