NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS 
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National Monuments 
The government of the United States further maintains an 
important series of public reservations, of rather miscellaneous 
character, under the denomination of National Monuments. A 
National Monument differs from a National Park in that the former 
is established by presidential proclamation, whereas the latter is set 
aside by act of Congress. The latter action is harder to accomplish 
and harder to set aside; and this difference gives a sort of theoret- 
ical measure of the difference in importance of the Parks and the 
Monuments. 
The National Monument differs further in its administration, 
being placed under the care of any branch of the government which 
happens to be already on the ground and in charge of the land. 
The Monuments now in existence in the United States are as 
follows: 
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