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Roosevelt Signs the Antiquities Act

President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the president to designate national monuments to protect historic landmarks and natural features.

Roosevelt Signs the Antiquities Act

The act created a powerful conservation tool that allowed rapid federal protection of culturally and scientifically important sites and laid a foundation for the modern national monuments and parks system.

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