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Independence monument

Towering up at 450 feet overlooking the grand valley. On July 4, 1911 John Otto placed the American flag on top of Independence Monument. Now every July 4 climbers go up Independences Monument. To show how much of a patriot he was he caved some of the Declaration of Independence it to a flat rock that is near Independence Monument.

Constructive  Independence monument starts with a metamorphic rock at the bottom then a layer of chinle shale and then windgate sandstone. With presser of the earth’s force for thousands of years. Another that created this monument is cementation that means that the heat and presser has turned the sandstone and shale in to a rock. And another is compaction which is where the presser compacted this in to the rock. This is a big part of the life of the monument.

Destructive Well it’s on the monument and it stands over 450 above The sea floor over the monument t canyon. And from the constructive forces and the monument was formed From erosion. And the destructive forces when small rocks brush beside the stone it cuts it and it breaks away from the rock. And weathering from rain and wind colliding with the stone