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Happy Birthday Antiquities Act

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Happy Birthday Antiquities Act

The landmark law is 116 today

Jonathan P. Thompson
Jun 8, 2022
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Happy Birthday Antiquities Act

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Today, June 8, is the 116th anniversary of the passage of the Antiquities Act of 1906, which authorizes presidents to establish national monuments, among other things. To commemorate the occasion, we’re rerunning—with a few modifications—one of the Land Desk’s first-ever dispatches, “The Meaning of Monuments,” which appeared in January 2021.

But first, …

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