America's best ideas are not always well accepted - at first.  True in the past & true today.

If you would like to see our national park gems firsthand in Arizona, I invite you to look at the photos on our website.

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Many of these monuments are later proven to be so popular they are upgraded to national park status by Congress. Some of our most cherished national parks that were originally established by presidential decree using the Antiquities Act include Grand Canyon, Arches, Death Valley, Olympic, Glacier Bay, Saguaro, Lassen Volcano, Joshua Tree, Petrified Forest, Zion, Kenai Fiords, Wrangell St Elias, Gates of the Arctic, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Bryce Canyon, Great Basin and Grand Teton. In nearly all instances, there was local opposition to designation of these national monuments. If it had been left to local approval for designation we would not now be enjoying many of these parks and monuments...

http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/article_6859abd5-4bb5-55d3-aa14-133451bf256a.html