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7 of the Largest Constructed Monuments in the United States Some of which still hold records as much as a century after completion. Getty ImagesEMMANUEL DUNAND A monument may not be useful in a practical sense, but each one has a unique purpose in memorializing a certain part of our shared history. The United States has peppered man-made monuments around the nation, and in the process of building them all, rediscovered a universal truth: Bigger is better. Here are seven of the most notable and most noticeable man-made monuments in the U.S. The also happen to be some of the...