Sentences with phrase «as national monuments»

The President also designates three historic sites as national monuments recognizing the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement in his final days in office.

Beaufort West offers a variety of restaurants, butchers, and attractions like the local museum where Christiaan Barnard is commemorated and the Beaufort West's Old Town Hall and the Dutch Reformed Church that was proclaimed as national monuments.

Even before Trump officially opened his high - profile review last spring of federal lands protected as national monuments, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration at a protected Utah site, internal agency documents show.

At the center of his efforts is a Roosevelt - era law called the Antiquities Act which allows presidents to designate «objects of historic or scientific interest» as National Monuments.

On Wednesday, Trump is expected to sign an executive order related to the 1906 Antiquities Act, which enables the president to designate federal areas of land and water as national monuments to protect them from drilling, mining and development, the source said.

Obama had used the Antiquities Act more than any other president, his White House said in December, when he designated over 1.6 million acres of land in Utah and Nevada as national monuments, protecting two areas rich in Native American artifacts from mining, oil and gas drilling.

The monument will preserve Christopher Park across from Stonewall Inn, as a national monument to LGBT history in the U.S..

«From its earliest days, when Muir Woods was donated to the National Park Service as a national monument, philanthropy and citizen action have come together to create the Golden Gate National Parks.»

One of the largest in the grove, this tree was dedicated to Gifford Pinchot, who along with William Kent and John Muir, was instrumental in gaining protective status for the Muir Woods as a national monument.

completely refurbished in 1998 and is now regarded as a national monument and one of the architectural treasures of Lima, Peru.

The organ dates back to the late 1800s and was classed as a national monument in 1981.

Set inside an absolutely gorgeous building — listed as a national monument — the Lloyd Hotel offers affordable accommodation in the trendy Eastern Docklands.

The limestone cave has been designated as a national monument and is 1,300 metres deep.

Designated as a national monument this week, the formerly - named Sewall - Belmont House & Museum commemorates women's history.

This year it is based at the functionalist railway station from 1936, designed by Karel Caivas and Vladimír Weiss, in the vibrant district of Žižkov — the only freight railway station in the Czech Republic, which was recently pronounced as a national monument in March 2013.

Artist Statement «Petrified Forest was set aside as a national monument in 1906 to preserve and protect its petrified wood for its scientific value.

In February, Udall outlines three potential options to designate the Browns Canyon area as a national monument, encompassing 20,000 to 22,000 acres.

On July 18, Browns Canyon is officially dedicated as a national monument at a ceremony in Buena Vista.

On Nov. 25, after losing his re-election bid to Republican Cory Gardner, Udall asks President Obama to consider using the Antiquities Act of 1906 to designate Browns Canyon as a national monument.

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So for the past three years, dozens of Christians from GKI and HKBP have been gathering on Sundays to worship in a plaza near the country's national monument and presidential palace as a way to protest the local government's inaction.

By the end of his long life in 1935, Holmes was virtually a national monument, and liberal intellectuals found it convenient to portray him positively as a forerunner of the new governing philosophy.

A national group called American Atheists is suing the museum to stop the display of the cross, arguing that a religious symbol has no place in a memorial that's backed by public funds and that is supposed to serve as a monument to victims of many different religions - and to those who had no religion at all.

Similarly, as I came to know Berlin during four months residence there in early 1999, I could think of no other national capital that has raised so many monuments not only to the heroes but to the victims.

As CEO of Patrick Properties Hospitality Group, Randall Goldman has for two decades carried out the vision of lovingly restoring Charleston's most historic properties, shaping distressed heirlooms into national monuments of preservation and valuable generators of revenue for the surrounding community.

As we celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service (NPS) and its stewardship of the over 400 national parks, monuments, and recreation areas covering more than 84 million acres, the Arlington Heights Park District announces the launch of a new community - wide effort taking steps to end hunger for families locally and to put shoes on the feet of people around thNational Park Service (NPS) and its stewardship of the over 400 national parks, monuments, and recreation areas covering more than 84 million acres, the Arlington Heights Park District announces the launch of a new community - wide effort taking steps to end hunger for families locally and to put shoes on the feet of people around thnational parks, monuments, and recreation areas covering more than 84 million acres, the Arlington Heights Park District announces the launch of a new community - wide effort taking steps to end hunger for families locally and to put shoes on the feet of people around the world.

Senior House Natural Resources Committee Republicans sent their own letter Wednesday to National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis to ask him to «take steps as necessary to keep and not destroy documents related to the decision this week to restrict public access» to open - air memorials and monuments in the Washington area, including those honoring veterans of multiple wars, Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.

But when the memorial half opens, it will serve — as its name states — as a «National» monument.

In his remarks, Chairman of the occasion and General Secretary of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Pa Ayo Opadokun urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently recognize late Abiola as a former President of Nigeria and name a national monument afNational Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Pa Ayo Opadokun urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently recognize late Abiola as a former President of Nigeria and name a national monument afnational monument after him.

It is similarly unclear where he will come down on controversial national monuments designated by Obama, such as Bears Ears.

The establishment of the new national monument is key to saving the monk seals, as habitat loss is currently their chief threat, given that hunting is no longer allowed.

Here, you'll find 681,000 residents and neoclassical monuments and landmarks such as the Lincoln Memorial, the National Mall, the Washington Monument, and the Library of Congress.

December 5, 2017 • President Trump's authority to reduce two national land monuments in Utah now faces legal challenges, as his administration considers what to do with 25 other protected territories under review.

May 30, 2016 • President Obama may use his executive authority to declare the site of the Stonewall riots in New York City as the first national monument dedicated to the struggle for LGBT rights.

No doubt Emmerich said when conceiving this movie, «I want to show big scenes of mass chaos and devastation to New York and the national monuments, and will use the global warming premise as a means to make everyone flock to my movies once again to have a front row seat to the deaths of millions of people for their viewing pleasure.»

With the unexpected timing of the movie's release just after his death, «Lucky» now stands as a tribute and testament to Harry Dean Stanton as a person, as an artist, and refashions him into something of a national monument.

As there are over three - hundred - fifty national parks and monuments in the system, I have job security.

National Monuments are also just a short drive away, as well as the Inner Harbor and large military bases.

Newly built as an addition to the declared national monument, you enter from street level through what was used as a thoroughfare in earlier times.

ANILCA redesignated the monument as Katmai National Park «to protect habitats for, and populations of, fish and wildlife including, but not limited to, high concentrations of brown / grizzly bears and their denning areas; maintain unimpaired the water habitat for significant salmon populations; and to protect scenic, geologic, cultural, and recreational features.»

In South Korea, the Gray Whale Migration Site [129] was registered as the 126th national monument in 1962, [130] although illegal hunts had been taken place thereafter, [93] and there have been no recent sightings of the species in Korean waters.

Although Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands were designated a national monument in 1938, it was not until March 5, 1980 that Congress established San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, and the submerged lands and waters within one nautical mile of each island as Channel Islands Nationnational monument in 1938, it was not until March 5, 1980 that Congress established San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, and the submerged lands and waters within one nautical mile of each island as Channel Islands NationalNational Park.

At roughly 1,700 square miles the monument was not as extensive as Griggs and the National Geographic Society had hoped, nor was it a park.

About one and a half hours from Muscat by car, the city contains Oman's most visited national monument, Nizwa Fort, as well as plenty of marvelous historical monuments to ogle over.

From this luxury Ciudad Real Hotel guests will easily reach all the main city tourist attractions such as the Church of St. Peter dating back to the 15th century, the national monument of Puerta de Toledo, as well as the Museum and library Quixote by Cervantes.

Canberra boasts many of the most significant national monuments, as well as being the seat of the Australian Federal Government.

Established as a hotel in 1864, the Swartberg is now one of 19 national monuments in the village and is still the only hotel in Prince Albert today.

Established as a hotel in 1864, the Swartberg is now one of 19 national monuments in th...

Beautifully designed and housed in one of the wings of a 15th - century Medieval palace, guests staying at the Parador de Olite Hotel are in for a real treat, as you get to stay in one of Spain's national monuments.

Located in San Isidro among embassies, it is even recognized as a Peruvian national monument.

You can take a trip to the Giftun Island national park, the monastery of St. Anthony and St. Paul, as well as the city of Luxor which, as one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, has innumerable ancient monuments for you to explore!