Washington Monument
The Washington Monument on the National Mall in 1965.
"The Washington Obelisk, a worthy memorial of a great man, was begun in 1848, abandoned in 1855, resumed in 1877, and finished in 1884, at a total cost of $1,300,000 (260,000£.). It is constructed of white Maryland marble and is 555 ft. high (Metropolitan Life Insurance Building at New York, 693 ft.; Philadelphia City Hall, 547 ft.; spires of Cologne Cathedral 511 ft.). The walls are 15 ft. thick at the base and 1l'/ ft. at the top.The pyramidal roof is 65 ft. high and is capped with a piece of aluminium."--Baedeker 1909
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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more 
