Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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“CBS Sunday Morning” visits some of the most iconic and underrated monuments that honor the United States’ storied history.

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0:00 How Lady Liberty became a beacon for immigrants
8:44 The Presidents Heads in Virginia
14:34 Creating a WWI memorial
20:25 Building the Washington Monument
24:29 Mount Rushmore's chief carver gets his due
29:30 Immigrants on the Statue of Liberty
42:43 A Civil War landmark in downtown D.C.
48:17 National parks
55:56 Lady Liberty’s “little sister”
58:24 Monuments to issues of policing
1:00:08 Charles Kuralt on the Statue of Liberty
1:04:15 Devils Tower National Monument

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