For Washington’s Monument, historian John Steele Gordon attempts a centuries-long history of the obelisk, told through the lens of the construction of the Washington Monument. The obelisk, a ...
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In a technical sense, the Washington Monument isn’t an obelisk, because it isn’t made from a single piece of stone. That fact makes it no less impressive. Stretching 555 feet in the air, the ...
Chalk this one up as a victory to all the monuments suffering from severe height issues, because the famed Washington Monument is actually shorter than previously believed. The Chicago Tribune reports ...
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