The proclamation will create the Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park and the Sáttítla National Monument in Northern California.

President Joe Biden announced that a monument dedicated to the women's suffrage movement would be placed on the National Mall.

The president and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled on Monday to first travel to New Orleans, where they will meet with “families and community members impacted” by the New Year’s terror attack on Bourbon Street that left 15 people dead and dozens more injured,

As he nears the end of his time in office, President Joe Biden is leaving a legacy in California, where he will create two new national monuments, the Washington Post reports. At the urging of tribal representatives,

The Chuckwalla and Sáttítla national monuments would safeguard landscapes that Native American tribes have revered for thousands of years.

Tribes, federal, state and local officials, conservation groups and the public supported protecting 600,000-plus acres of fragile desert forever. Biden will do so before leaving office.

Explore the evolution of national monuments in the United States and how presidents have used their authority to designate and protect these significant sites.