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Orders were issued to assemble at 10 a.m. at the Washington Monument. Leadership warned members to avoid police and not to drink in public. [142] On January 6, about 100 plainclothes members assembled at the Washington Monument and were led to the Capitol to participate in the attack. [137]
Orders were issued at 8:27 p.m. to assemble at 10 a.m. at the Washington Monument. Leadership warned members to avoid police and not to drink in public. On January 6, about 100 plainclothes members assembled at the Washington Monument and were led to the Capitol to participate in the attack. [2]
December 8, 1982: Norman Mayer, an anti-nuclear weapons activist and eccentric, drove a white van up to the base of the Washington Monument. Mayer claimed to have 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of explosives in the van, which he said he would use to destroy the monument unless a national dialogue on the threat of nuclear weapons was seriously undertaken.
The Washington Monument has been temporarily closed after a man vandalized the national landmark with profanities and red paint. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when the unnamed male ...
The Washington Monument is an obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States, victorious commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783 in the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
Original 1793 design of the United States Capitol by William Thornton. The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., became the meeting place of the United States Congress when the building was initially completed in 1800.
A detail from Sabin Howard's sculpture created as part of the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C., the first national monument to those who served in the Great War. / Credit: CBS News
Two months after the attack on the Capitol, he told journalist Jonathan Karl: "When I get back [to the White House], I saw—I wanted to go back [to the Capitol]. I was thinking about going back during the problem to stop the problem, doing it myself. Secret Service didn't like that idea too much." [223] 1:25 p.m.: