President Obama Designates Five New National Monuments in Washington

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar high-fives Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) after President Barack Obama signed a bill designating San Juan Islands, in Washington, a National Monument, during a bill signing in the Oval Office at the White House on March 25, 2013 in Washington, D.C. President Obama signed a series of bills designating five new National Monuments, including, Rio Grande del Norte, in New Mexico, the First State Monument in Delaware, the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad in Maryland, the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers in Ohio and the San Juan Islands in Washington. UPI/Kevin Dietsch