Also, 120 years ago today, President Teddy Roosevelt signed into law the Antiquities Act. The Act was intended to allow the President to set aside certain valuable public natural areas as park and conservation land. The 1906 act stated that it was intended for: "... the protection of objects of historic and scientific interest." These areas are given the title of "National Monuments." The aim is to protect all historic and prehistoric sites on United States federal lands and to prohibit excavation or destruction of these antiquities. READ how the legislation was created and some of the treasures it has protected... (1906)
