If:
You are talking primarily of national monuments, then this will work as an opener.
□ in the opening
Reasoning: While it is poor in the usage of a hook introduction, it does set the primary tone as too why we need national monuments following the claim.
□ in the body, as a reason
Reasoning: The paragraph introduces us to how the U.S. is essentially a country of immigrants, and that their are not a lot of similarities as to share. National Monuments can be one such rally point in bringing different people groups who live in the US together, in the remembrance of not only the country's history, but also what it has always stood for.
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