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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.
The Monument, a colossal landmark column, was designed by American architect Robert Mills (1781–1855), who also designed the later Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Construction began in 1815 on land donated by Colonel John Eager Howard (1752–1827), from his extensive "Belvidere" estate just north of Baltimore Town, and the masonry work was completed by 1829.
The original cornerstone of the Washington Monument in Baltimore, thought to be long lost, was discovered last week while crews dug for a sewage tank. "We discovered the cornerstone last week.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C.. It is a 2,030-by-167-foot (619 by 51 m) rectangular pool located on the National Mall, directly east of the Lincoln Memorial, with the World War II Memorial and Washington Monument to the east of the reflecting pool. [1]
The Ellipse, sometimes referred to as President's Park South, is a 52-acre (21 ha) park south of the White House fence and north of Constitution Avenue and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. The Ellipse is also the name of the five-furlong (1.0 km) circumference street within the park.
The story behind Sherman Hill’s $675,000 Mifflin E. Bell House includes the Washington Monument and Iowa’s State Capitol.
Washington Monument: 555 (169) 3 1884 Tallest concrete structure in the District. Was the tallest structure in the world from 1884 until 1889, and the tallest monument in the U.S. until the completion of San Jacinto in 1939. [17] [18] Washington Police Department Tower [19] 506 (154) 0 WETA-FM [20] 495 (151) 0 2014 WAVA-FM Tower [21] 457 (139) 0
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 ...