President Biden on Wednesday kicked off a three-state trip out West with a stopover in Colorado to designate his first national monument before heading to California and Oregon.
Mr. Biden praised America’s public lands as “wonders that define us as a nation” before signing the decree to designate Camp Hale — Continental Divide as a national monument. Camp Hale is a former training site for the Army’s 10th Mountain Division,
“They unite us,” he said. “That’s what today is all about. We’re doing it not just for today, but for all the ages.”
Mr. Biden was joined at the signing by Colorado’s Democratic Gov.