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CONCORD, Calif. - Nestled in a military base along a lonely slice of San Francisco Bay, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial is a cemetery in more ways than one, both as the final resting place of dozens of military men and a historical attraction that is known only by the hardiest of tourists.

His last visitor was on July 23, said Ed Bastien, a park ranger and guide the memorial Tour de facto, and was first approved by the military authorities.

"If you're on the no-fly list," Bastien likes to say, "you're probably not going to enter"

Port Chicago is one of 29 parcels of sacred land in the country known as national monuments, a selection - collection commemorating those who died serving our country and those who helped build it - and often eclectic.

And as far as historical markers, all they need to pass a tough week. Tuesday, the Washington Monument substantially damaged in an earthquake, and it will be closed indefinitely for repairs. And the unveiling scheduled this weekend in Washington for a tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been delayed by the arrival of Hurricane Irene.

An exclusive club

Every time he made his debut, the sculpture of granite with a tag of 120 million dollars in prizes will be inducting King in an exclusive club of famous Americans who have won monuments, including Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt, with those who died Vietnam and the passengers who lost their lives on Flight 93, September 11, 2001. This memorial in Shanksville, Pa., a work in progress, will focus on the weekend of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of next month.

But for every iconic American honored, there are also lesser known figures, each with a claim to historical significance and a memorial. This is a list that includes heroes such as Jeopardy ready Thaddeus Kosciuszko ("Who is an engineer of war from Poland who has a national memorial in Philadelphia?") And obscure historical events ("What is the message Arkansas?" Tip: It is not a newspaper.).

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