page_title: Antiquities Act
hierarchical_section_title: Antiquities Act
caption_attribution_description: Devil's Tower, Wyoming. Taken by Andrew Yool on the 4th of September 2003.
context_page_description: The Antiquities Act of 1906, is an act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. This law gives the President of the United States the authority to, by presidential proclamation, create national monuments from federal lands to protect significant natural, cultural, or scientific features. The Act has been used more than a hundred times since its passage.
context_section_description: The Antiquities Act of 1906, (Pub.L. 59–209,  34 Stat. 225, 54 U.S.C. §§ 320301–320303), is an act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. This law gives the President of the United States the authority to, by presidential proclamation, create national monuments from  federal lands to protect significant natural, cultural, or scientific features. The Act has been used more than a hundred times since its passage.
caption: Devils Tower, the first National Monument
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