Antiquities Act of 1906
On June 8, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law, giving him and future presidents the authority to create national monuments from federal lands.
On June 8, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law, giving him and future presidents the authority to create national monuments from federal lands.
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt was born October 27, 1858, in New York City, the second of four children.
John Muir was born on April 21, 1838, in Dunbar, Scotland.
On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was completed and dedicated.
On October 4, 1927, Gutzon Borglum began sculpting Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s Black Hills.
On September 24, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt declared Devils Tower in Wyoming to be the first National Monument under the Antiquities Act.
Decades after the first national park was created, the National Park Service (N.P.S.) was officially established on August 25, 1916.